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God appearing in an election round? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apollo

'god' is the definition.
(Apollo is a Greek god)

'an election round' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'election' becomes 'poll' (I've seen this before).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'a'+'poll'+'o'='APOLLO'

'appearing in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for apollo that I've seen before include "handsome youth" , "Greek sungod, son of Zeus" , "American space programme for landing men on moon" , "Greek god (twin brother of Artemis)" , "source of name for far-flung missions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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