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Dream GI nearly raised with mysterious person (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enigma

'mysterious person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dream gi nearly raised with' is the wordplay.
'with' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'amgine' can be found hidden inside 'dream gi nearly'.
'amgine' reversed gives 'ENIGMA'.

(Other definitions for enigma that I've seen before include "'Mystery, riddle (6)'" , "Title of Elgar's set of variations" , "Elgar Variations nickname" , "WWII cipher" , "Puzzle of gamine (6)," .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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