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Hide away in corner of Greek island? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

secrete

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'hide away' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'corner of greek island?' is the wordplay.
'corner of' becomes 'se' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'greek island?' becomes 'crete' (I've seen this before).
'se'+'crete'='SECRETE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for secrete that I've seen before include "harbour" , "Release bodily fluid" , "Hide - discharge" , "(Of gland) produce (a substance)" , "Hide away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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