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22ac: Muslims in North America backing holy man.

Answer is Sunnis. Why? I know that they are Muslims and I can see that SU could be U.S. reversed - but I cannot understand the wordplay..

in N US all backing to S(t) for holy man?

Maybe SUNNIS in reverse = SINNUS = S = saint + IN + N(orth) US.

Not sure though if that is it.

S (for saint?) + IN + N (northern) + US (America) all backwards.

Not one of the best clues.

There you are three minds think alike!

Thank you all for that.
I was expecting St for the holy man...but I know that I have seen just "S", too - and I had not understood that the "North" also represented another individual element in the answer.
Well done Arachne (the Setter) and thanks again to you three.

"15squared" is a web site with a daily blog explaining the G. cryptic solutions (& other paper's solutions too)

Oh, that's interesting. Thanks for that. I do The Times crossword from time to time and while I can usually get the answers if I stick at it, half the time I still cannot get the construction and deconstruction of the clues!

Just to add to Brigadier Carruthers post,address is;
http://fifteensquared.net/
then pick from "Categories" on the left of page.

I just looked and it doesn't seem to do The Times. Drat!