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Single mothers finding religious men (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imams

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

'single mothers' is the wordplay.
'single' becomes 'I' (one).
'mothers' becomes 'mams' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i'+'mams'='IMAMS'

'finding' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for imams that I've seen before include "devotional officers" , "Religious men" , "They lead prayers in mosques" , "learned theologians" , "Muslim prayer leaders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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