Metrical foot of one long syllable then two short (6)

I believe the answer is:

dactyl

(Other definitions for dactyl that I've seen before include "Metrical foot" , "Foot of three syllables" , "Metrical unit of poetry" , "Metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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