Crossword Genius

Me in France and around the Isle of Man (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moi

'me in france' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'around the isle of man' is the wordplay.
'around' says the letters should be written backwards.
'the isle' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'man' becomes 'm' (M is an abbreviation for male or masculine).
'i'+'o'+'m'='iom'
'iom' written backwards gives 'MOI'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for moi that I've seen before include "You surely don't mean me?" , "affected me" , "egoist" , "Me - in France" , "Me (facetiously)" .)

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