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Mythical charmer never quite dear to me (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medea

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'mythical charmer' is the definition.
'Medea' can be an answer for 'charmer' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'mythical' bit.

'never quite dear to me' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'me' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for medea that I've seen before include "Sorceress involved with Jason" , "fabulous princess" , "Sorceress who helped Jason get the Golden Fleece" , "Jason's wife who murdered their children" , "Tragedy by Euripides" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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