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Composer not right about sacred writing (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vedic

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'writing' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
I also know that 'writing' relates to this answer.

'composer not right about sacred' is the wordplay.
'composer' becomes 'Verdi' (Giuseppe Verdi c8c3-c90c).
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'about sacred' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'verdi' with 'r' taken out is 'vedi'.
'vedi'+'c'='VEDIC'

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(Other definitions for vedic that I've seen before include "Sort of language" , "of ancient texts" , "religious language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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