Believer cheers after god succeeded (5)
I believe the answer is:
rasta
'believer' is the definition.
(believer in the Rastafarian religion)
'cheers after god succeeded' is the wordplay.
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'god' becomes 'ra' (Egyptian god).
'succeeded' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation).
'ra'+'s'='ras'
'ta' put after 'ras' is 'RASTA'.
(Other definitions for rasta that I've seen before include "Follower of Rastafarianism" , "Dreadlocked person (abbr.)" , "black believer" , "Jamaican cult follower (informally)" , "A certain believer" .)