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Peeping Tom frames European male head of government (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

premier

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'head of government' is the definition.
'premier' can be an answer for 'head' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'of government' bit.

'peeping tom frames european male' is the wordplay.
'peeping tom' becomes 'prier' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'frames' indicates putting letters inside (outside letters frame the inside letters).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'e'+'m'='em'
'prier' placed around 'em' is 'PREMIER'.

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(Other definitions for premier that I've seen before include "First in importance" , "PM" , "Prime minister" , "First - head of government" , "Chief minister" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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