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Cranks may be motivated by such an odd character (9)

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eccentric

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'character' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for eccentric that I've seen before include "Off-the-wall" , "Bizarre" , "Offbeat" , "Unconventional in appearance or behaviour" , "character" .)

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