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No mere mortal, dodge M1 crashes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demigod

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'no mere mortal' is the definition.
'demigod' can be an answer for 'mortal' (demigod is a kind of mortal). I am not sure about the 'no mere' bit.

'dodge m1 crashes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'm1' could be 'mi' (resembles M1) and 'mi' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'dodge' is 'degod' which is within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for demigod that I've seen before include "His nature is only partially divine" , "A partly divine being" , "A lesser deity (only half divine?)" , "Part mortal, part deity" , "Half-divine person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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