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Lion-headed monster to correspond with hawk-headed god (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chimera

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'lion-headed monster' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with hawk-headed god' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hawk-headed' becomes 'chime' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'god' becomes 'ra' (Ra is an example).
'chime' next to 'ra' is 'CHIMERA'.

'to correspond' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for chimera that I've seen before include "Vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy" , "Wild creation of mind, or monster of Greek myth" , "Illusory achievement; mythical beast" , "figment of the imagination" , "Each rim (anag) - foolish fancy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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