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Doubtful one acting so strangely (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agnostic

'doubtful' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one acting so strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'acting'+'so'='actingso'
'actingso' with letters rearranged gives 'AGNOSTIC'.

(Other definitions for agnostic that I've seen before include "uncertain about what to believe" , "One who is undecided" , "Coasting as one who believes the mind cannot know anything of a god" , "Doubting, non-commital" , "One believing we can know nothing of the existence of any god" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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