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The first nine letters turned up with a letter from Greece (4)

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I believe the answer is:

iota

'a letter from greece' is the definition.
(letter from the Greek alphabet)

'the first nine letters turned up' is the wordplay.
'the first nine letters' becomes 'atoi' (the letters A to I).
'turned up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'atoi' in reverse letter order is 'IOTA'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for iota that I've seen before include "Trace" , "Gk. letter; tiny amount" , "The Greek i (4)" , "European letter" , "The smallest possible amount, or the Greek i" .)

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