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Doubter infected with cholera, initially (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sceptic

'doubter' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'infected with cholera initially' is the wordplay.
'infected' becomes 'septic' (similar in meaning).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'cholera' is 'c'.
'septic' enclosing 'c' is 'SCEPTIC'.

(Other definitions for sceptic that I've seen before include "He's hard to convince" , "One who doubts the truth of religions" , "One is inclined to doubt accepted opinions" , "One habitually doubts accepted beliefs" , "Person who tends to disbelieve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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