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Head cook touring India (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chief

'head' is the definition.
(I know that head can be written as chief)

'cook touring india' is the wordplay.
'cook' becomes 'chef' (both can mean someone who cooks).
'touring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (touring can mean going round).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'chef' placed around 'i' is 'CHIEF'.

(Other definitions for chief that I've seen before include "Leader; most important" , "Tribal head" , "Organisation head" , "Main" , "Boss" .)

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