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Islander in trance given shake (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cretan

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'islander' is the definition.
(someone from Crete)

'trance given shake' is the wordplay.
'trance' can be anagrammed to 'CRETAN'.
However, I'm unsure how this is indicated.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cretan that I've seen before include "Inhabitant of a large Greek island" , "Native of Greek island south of mainland (6)" , "Island nationality of citizen of Heraklion" , "One from Greece's largest island" , "Native of a large Greek island" .)

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