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Girl in jungle said to be this believer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jain

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'this believer' is the definition.
(believer in Jainism)

'girl in jungle said' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for jain that I've seen before include "Member of Indian sect" , "Follower of an Indian religion" , "adherent of an Indian religion" , "religious Indian" .)

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