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I'm a male prayer leader (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imam

'prayer leader' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i'm a male' is the wordplay.
'a male' becomes 'am' (I've seen this in other clues).
'im'+'am'='IMAM'

(Other definitions for imam that I've seen before include "Muslim religious leader" , "Ma, I'm off to find religious Muslim" , "Man who leads prayers in a mosque" , "Islamic religious leader" , "Mosque's prayer leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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