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Naturally good books accepted by story editor (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talented

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'naturally good' is the definition.
'talented' can be an answer for 'good' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'naturally' bit.

'books accepted by story editor' is the wordplay.
'books' becomes 'NT' (abbreviation for New Testament).
'accepted by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'story' becomes 'tale' (synonyms).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'tale'+'ed'='taleed'
'nt' going into 'taleed' is 'TALENTED'.

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(Other definitions for talented that I've seen before include "Having special aptitude" , "Accomplished" , "Having special or great ability" , "Skilful" , "Having an unusual amount of ability" .)

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