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Magic is in spell on peak in Africa (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charisma

'magic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'is in spell on peak in africa' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'spell' becomes 'charm' (a charm is a magic spell).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'peak in' says to take the initial letters (in a down clue, the letter at the top of the word).
The initial letter of 'africa' is 'a'.
'is' going within 'charm' is 'charism'.
'charism'+'a'='CHARISMA'

(Other definitions for charisma that I've seen before include "it inspires loyalty" , "Capacity to inspire enthusiasm" , "Personal magnetism, great charm" , "Personal magnetism -- archaism (anag)" , "Personal attractiveness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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