The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SAMOS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result SAMOS
- Greek island's request for help to save American
- Island's cry for help going round in the morning
- Island nation's losing a part of Greece
- Russian dogs you had once banned in Greek island
- 6 of the 26 discovered near South Island
- Missile found on huge Greek island
- Pasty? Missing a Greek island
- Saint takes biblical book on Greek island
- Food parcel American dropped off somewhere in the Aegean
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The straight part
We know that "Greek island" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case greek island = samos.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.