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Greek character, famous, returned and set off (8)

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I believe the answer is:

detonate

'set off' is the definition.
('detonate' can be a synonym of 'set off')

'greek character famous returned' is the wordplay.
'greek character' becomes 'eta' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'famous' becomes 'noted' ('noted' can be a synonym of 'famous').
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'eta'+'noted'='etanoted'
'etanoted' backwards is 'DETONATE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for detonate that I've seen before include "Cause to explode" , "Discharge" , "Start 15 [EXPLOSION]" , "go off with a bang" , "Blow up, explode" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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