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Mediterranean form of trance (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cretan

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'mediterranean form' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'of trance' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'trance' anagrammed gives 'CRETAN'.

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(Other definitions for cretan that I've seen before include "Native of Minoan island" , "Island nationality of citizen of Heraklion" , "One from Greece's largest island" , "Native of a large Greek island" , "One from largest Greek isle" .)

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