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Losing head, cuddle with a north African (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ugandan

'african' is the definition.
(Ugandan is an example)

'losing head cuddle with a north' is the wordplay.
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'cuddle' becomes 'hug' (I've seen this before).
'with' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before**).
'north' becomes 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north').
'hug' with its first letter taken away is 'ug'.
'ug'+'and'+'a'+'n'='UGANDAN'

(Other definitions for ugandan that I've seen before include "Particular African" , "African national" , "One from Kampala" , "Eg, Kampala native" , "inhabitant of Kampala?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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