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Strongly criticise wild god (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pan

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This clue might be a double definition.

'strongly criticise' is the first definition.
'pan' can be an answer for 'criticise' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily). I'm unsure of the 'strongly' bit.

'wild god' is the second definition.
'Pan' can be an answer for 'god' (Pan is an example). I am unsure of the 'wild' bit.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pan that I've seen before include "Shallow dish" , "Cooking vessel; forest god" , "boil vegetables in this" , "piece in the kitchen" , "Greek woodland god" .)

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