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Affected piety upsetting a non-mystic (10)

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sanctimony

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'affected piety' is the definition.
'sanctimony' can be an answer for 'piety' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'affected' bit.

'upsetting a non-mystic' is the wordplay.
'upsetting' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'non'+'mystic'='anonmystic'
'anonmystic' is an anagram of 'SANCTIMONY'.

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(Other definitions for sanctimony that I've seen before include "Pious hypocrisy" , "false piety!" , "Simulated holiness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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