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Clergyman losing head with American or Greek flier (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icarus

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'greek flier' is the definition.
'icarus' can be an answer for 'flier' (I have seen 'Foolhardy flier ' mean 'icarus' so perhaps 'flier' could also mean 'icarus'). I'm not certain of the 'greek' bit.

'clergyman losing head with american' is the wordplay.
'clergyman' becomes 'vicar' (vicar is a kind of clergyman).
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'with american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'vicar' with its initial letter taken away is 'icar'.
'icar'+'us'='ICARUS'

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for icarus that I've seen before include "Son of Daedalus whose wings melted fatally" , "he drowned" , "Ill-fated son of Daedalus" , "One whose wings melted" , "Daedalus's son" .)

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