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Father embracing a deity in shrine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pagoda

'shrine' is the definition.
(type of Asian temple)

'father embracing a deity' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'deity' becomes 'god' (a deity is a god or divine being).
'a'+'god'='agod'
'pa' enclosing 'agod' is 'PAGODA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pagoda that I've seen before include "religious structure" , "holy building" , "Buddhist tower with several stories" , "place of worship" , "Hindu temple shaped like pyramid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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