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Old Greek charged (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ionic

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'old greek' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'charged' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'charged' could be 'ion' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ion' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ionic that I've seen before include "One of five classical orders of architecture" , "Architectural order" , "A type of classical Greek column" , "Pertaining to charged particle" , "Column from Greece" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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