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Believer a bit wet? Not the fellow being imprisoned (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monotheist

'believer' is the definition.
(I know that monotheist is a type of believer)

'a bit wet? not the fellow being imprisoned' is the wordplay.
'a bit wet?' becomes 'moist' (I've seen this before).
'the fellow' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'being imprisoned' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'not'+'he'='nothe'
'moist' enclosing 'nothe' is 'MONOTHEIST'.

(Other definitions for monotheist that I've seen before include "I'm A Believer" , "Maybe Christian" , "Christian, for one" , "One who believes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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