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Characteristic of old Grecian and yes, so cryptic! (8)

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odyssean

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'characteristic of old grecian' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'and yes so cryptic' is the wordplay.
'cryptic' indicates anagramming the letters (a cryptic or obscure order of the letters).
'and'+'yes'+'so'='andyesso'
'andyesso' with letters rearranged gives 'ODYSSEAN'.

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(Other definitions for odyssean that I've seen before include "epic journey" , "Like years of wandering" , "Like travels" , "about epic poem" , "trip involving vessel?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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