Crossword Genius

Make Black Sea magical (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charmed

'magical' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'make black sea' is the wordplay.
'make black' becomes 'char' (to char is to blacken by burning).
'sea' becomes 'med' (short for Mediterranean).
'char'+'med'='CHARMED'

(Other definitions for charmed that I've seen before include "Entranced" , "Unusually lucky" , "Enchanted" , "blessed by fortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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