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Demons invoked by popular youngster on island (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incubi

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'demons' is the definition.
(incubus is a kind of demon)

'popular youngster on island' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'youngster' becomes 'cub' (cub can mean a young person).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'in'+'cub'+'i'='INCUBI'

'invoked by' is the link.
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(Other definitions for incubi that I've seen before include "nightmares" , "Demons of the night" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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