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Imitating reggae with Norway's head of state (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alaskan

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

'imitating reggae with norway's head' is the wordplay.
'imitating' becomes 'a la' (I've seen this in another clue).
'reggae with' becomes 'ska' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'head' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'norway' is 'n'.
'ala'+'ska'+'n'='ALASKAN'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for alaskan that I've seen before include "American statesman?" , "Of a northern US state" , "Citizen of the 49th state of the USA" , "Person from state that's not so warm" , "one used to harsh conditions" .)

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