Tls 1482

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Just 3 left -

Tiny distances taken by love letters to Aspasia (8) ?M?C???S

One cat almost swallowing upper-class Trojan spokesman (8) I?I?N?U?

Work a playwright left unfinished in Iberia (6) O???P?

Thanks :)

[Toorak]

Omicrons
Ilioneus
Oporto

[Lie-in King]

Omicrons (Gr. [Apasia] letters) - 'o' (love) + 'microns' (tiny distances)
Ilioneus - 'i (one) liones(s; almost)' (swallowing) 'u(pper-class)'
Oporto - 'op(us; work) Orto(n; unfinished)'

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

Thanks muchly! I did have omicrons as a possibility…

[Lie-in King]

As an aside, the setter - Myrtilus - reworked his own clue from TLS 1466 for "Ilioneus" -

In Carthage, Trojan spokesman's one uniform eaten by big cat, almost