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Greek meets German in cave (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grotto

'cave' is the definition.
(grotto is a kind of cave)

'greek meets german' is the wordplay.
'greek' becomes 'gr' (abbreviation for Greek).
'meets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'german' becomes 'otto' (common German name).
'gr'+'otto'='GROTTO'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for grotto that I've seen before include "fancy underground area" , "Small picturesque cave" , "Artificially or naturally ornamented cave" , "A picturesque cave as in Lourdes (6)" , "Ornamental cave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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