diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index 90a6ab0267..151b97572b 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -2809,7 +2809,12 @@ def _rewire_unique_stub_nodes(nodes: list[dict], edges: list[dict]) -> None:
     stub_ids = {str(s.get("id")) for s in stubs if s.get("id")}
     stub_families: dict[str, set] = {}
     supertype_stub_ids: set[str] = set()  # stubs used as a base type — never a function
-    _SUPERTYPE_RELATIONS = {"inherits", "implements", "extends"}
+    # `specializes` joins these because a Common Lisp method dispatches on a
+    # TYPE, and functions and types occupy separate namespaces there: `list`,
+    # `stream` and `condition` are all routinely both. Without it a specializer
+    # stub can bind to a same-named function, which asserts a dispatch
+    # relationship that does not exist.
+    _SUPERTYPE_RELATIONS = {"inherits", "implements", "extends", "specializes"}
     for edge in edges:
         rel = edge.get("relation")
         for endpoint in ("source", "target"):
diff --git a/graphify/extractors/commonlisp.py b/graphify/extractors/commonlisp.py
index 2ed9d9fbdd..45b3aaaf98 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/commonlisp.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/commonlisp.py
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ def _handle_defun_node(node) -> None:
                             syms = [c for c in param.children if c.type == "sym_lit"]
                             if len(syms) >= 2:
                                 specializer_name = _text(syms[1])
-                                spec_nid = _cl_id(stem, specializer_name)
+                                spec_nid = ensure_class_ref(
+                                    specializer_name, param.start_point[0] + 1)
                                 add_edge(func_nid, spec_nid, "specializes",
                                          param.start_point[0] + 1)
                     break
diff --git a/tests/test_commonlisp_specializer_binding.py b/tests/test_commonlisp_specializer_binding.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20dd7e8379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_commonlisp_specializer_binding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""A Common Lisp method specializer must never bind to a same-named function.
+
+Functions and types occupy separate namespaces in Common Lisp, so one symbol is
+routinely both: `list`, `stream`, `condition`, `pathname`. When a specializer
+names a type the corpus does not define, the cross-file stub must stay
+unresolved rather than collapse onto a function that happens to share the name,
+which would assert a dispatch relationship that does not exist.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from graphify.extract import extract
+
+
+def test_specializer_does_not_bind_to_same_named_function(tmp_path):
+    a = tmp_path / "a.lisp"
+    a.write_text("(defun square (x) (* x x))\n")          # a function named square
+    b = tmp_path / "b.lisp"
+    b.write_text(
+        "(defgeneric area (obj))\n"
+        "(defmethod area ((obj square)) 1)\n"             # dispatches on a TYPE named square
+    )
+    graph = extract([a, b], cache_root=tmp_path, parallel=False)
+    by_id = {n["id"]: n for n in graph["nodes"]}
+    for e in graph["edges"]:
+        if e.get("relation") != "specializes":
+            continue
+        target = by_id.get(e.get("target"), {})
+        label = str(target.get("label", ""))
+        assert not label.endswith("()"), (
+            f"specializes bound to the function {label!r}; "
+            "no class of that name exists in the corpus"
+        )
diff --git a/tests/test_languages.py b/tests/test_languages.py
index aa7d49486f..ee93dbfda8 100644
--- a/tests/test_languages.py
+++ b/tests/test_languages.py
@@ -3811,6 +3811,42 @@ def test_cl_crossfile_superclass_inherits_edge_survives(tmp_path):
     assert base["source_file"] == "", "cross-file superclass must be a sourceless stub"
 
 
+@_needs_commonlisp
+def test_cl_crossfile_specializer_specializes_edge_survives(tmp_path):
+    """A method specialising on a class from another file must keep its edge.
+
+    The specializer was resolved with a file-scoped id, so a method dispatching
+    on a class defined elsewhere produced an edge to a node that did not exist
+    and the dangling-edge filter removed it. Since most methods in a CL system
+    live apart from the class they dispatch on, that erased nearly every
+    specializes edge in a real codebase. Resolve through the same sourceless
+    stub the cross-file superclass path uses.
+    """
+    f = tmp_path / "shapes.lisp"
+    f.write_text(
+        "(defclass circle () ())\n"
+        "(defgeneric area (obj))\n"
+        "(defmethod area ((obj circle)) 1)\n"
+        "(defmethod area ((obj square)) 2)\n"
+    )
+    r = extract_commonlisp(f)
+    assert "error" not in r
+    id_to_node = {n["id"]: n for n in r["nodes"]}
+    targets = {
+        id_to_node[e["target"]]["label"]
+        for e in r["edges"]
+        if e["relation"] == "specializes"
+        and e["source"] in id_to_node and e["target"] in id_to_node
+    }
+    # same-file specializer still binds locally
+    assert "circle" in targets
+    # cross-file specializer survives via a sourceless stub instead of being dropped
+    assert "square" in targets
+    square = next(n for n in r["nodes"] if n["label"] == "square")
+    assert square["source_file"] == "", "cross-file specializer must be a sourceless stub"
+
+
+
 @_needs_commonlisp
 def test_cl_imports():
     r = extract_commonlisp(FIXTURES / "sample.lisp")