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Long story in Swahili a drag (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iliad

'long story' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in swahili a drag' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'ILIAD' is hidden in the letters of 'swahili a drag'.

(Other definitions for iliad that I've seen before include "Great poem by Homer" , "Long Homeric poem" , "Homer Trojan war epic" , "Homer's epic account of the Trojan war" , "Homer's ancient Greek epic" .)

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