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Los Angeles graduate becomes a monk in Asia (4)

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I believe the answer is:

lama

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'a monk in asia' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'los angeles graduate' is the wordplay.
'los angeles' becomes 'LA' (abbreviation).
'graduate' becomes 'ma' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'la'+'ma'='LAMA'

'becomes' is the link.

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

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