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Family mass involves strange god in sovereign state (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kingdom

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'sovereign state' is the definition.
'kingdom' can be an answer for 'state' (kingdom is a kind of state). I am unsure of the 'sovereign' bit.

'family mass involves strange god' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'mass' becomes 'm' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'involves' is an insertion indicator.
'strange' indicates an anagram.
'kin'+'m'='kinm'
'god' anagrammed gives 'gdo'.
'kinm' enclosing 'gdo' is 'KINGDOM'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for kingdom that I've seen before include "big territory?" , "State ruled by monarch" , "Country with royal head of state" , "Major category of biological classification" , "State with a monarchy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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