Point to Greek character and pedal in small circle (8)

I believe the answer is:

epicycle

'small circle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'point to greek character and pedal' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'e' (compass point).
'to greek character' becomes 'pi' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'pedal' becomes 'cycle' (synonyms).
'e'+'pi'+'cycle'='EPICYCLE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for epicycle that I've seen is " Small circle".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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