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Eccles briefly disorientated in Greek island (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

melos

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'greek island' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'eccles briefly disorientated' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'eccles' could be 'me' (where the crossword setter is 'Eccles') and 'me' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'los' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for melos that I've seen is " Greek island".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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