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God represented by parrot wearing a ring (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apollo

'god' is the definition.
(Apollo is an example)

'parrot wearing a ring' is the wordplay.
'parrot' becomes 'poll' (poll is a kind of parrot).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'ring' becomes 'o'.
'a'+'o'='ao'
'poll' placed inside 'ao' is 'APOLLO'.

'represented by' is the link.

(Other definitions for apollo that I've seen before include "Handsome Greek god" , "Greek sungod, son of Zeus" , "handsome fellow" , "handsome youth" , "US moon landing programme" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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