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Lifts hex mysteriously surrounding European show (3,1-5)

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I believe the answer is:

the x-files

'show' is the definition.
(US TV show)

'lifts hex mysteriously surrounding european' is the wordplay.
'mysteriously' indicates anagramming the letters.
'surrounding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'lifts'+'hex'='liftshex'
'liftshex' anagrammed gives 'thexfils'.
'thexfils' going around 'e' is 'THE X-FILES'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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