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Quote individual in Crete novel (6)

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I believe the answer is:

recite

'quote' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'individual in crete novel' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral for one).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'crete' is an anagram of 'recte'.
'i' inserted inside 'recte' is 'RECITE'.

(Other definitions for recite that I've seen before include "Repeatr aloud from memory" , "Give detailed account" , "Speak (poem) aloud" , "Speak lines from a poem or passage from book" , "Speak by heart aloud" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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