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I return to a smidgeon (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iota

'smidgeon' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'i return to a' is the wordplay.
'return' says the letters should be written backwards.
'to' back-to-front is 'ot'.
'i'+'ot'+'a'='IOTA'

(Other definitions for iota that I've seen before include "Ninth Greek character" , "Ninthe letter of the Greek alphabet" , "A little piece" , "Extremely small amount" , "Greek letter; tiny amount" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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