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Greek letter, originally a vowel but later a consonant (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eta

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'greek letter' is the definition.
(letter from the Greek alphabet)

'originally a vowel but later a consonant' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'vowel' could be 'e' and 'e' is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for eta that I've seen before include "When you'd expect to see" , "letter from Greece?" , "Militants" , "Greek letter - time due (abbr)" , "when you can hope to receive it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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