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God being shown around the temple (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pantheon

'temple' is the definition.
(pantheon is a kind of temple)

'god being shown around the' is the wordplay.
'god' becomes 'pan' (Pan is a Greek god).
'being shown' becomes 'on' ('on' can mean broadcasting on TV).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'pan'+'on'='panon'
'panon' placed around 'the' is 'PANTHEON'.

(Other definitions for pantheon that I've seen before include "Circular temple in Rome" , "Ancient Roman temple" , "Roman building" , "list of great names" , "Hall of fame" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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