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I must leave city to make room for a monk (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lama

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'for a monk' is the definition.
(as in the Dalai Lama)

'i must leave city to make room' is the wordplay.
'i' becomes 'a'.
'must leave' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'city' becomes 'LA' (Los Angeles).
'to make room' becomes 'ama' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'la' with 'a' taken out is 'l'.
'l'+'ama'='LAMA'

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(Other definitions for lama that I've seen before include "Religious leader" , "Dalai . . . ., chief priest and once ruler of Tibet" , "Tibetan spiritual leader" , "Holy man in Tibet" , "A Tibetan Buddhist priest or monk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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