Find bigot coy now and then, though perhaps it's just stupidity (6)

I believe the answer is:

idiocy

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'stupidity' is the definition.
(idiocy is a kind of stupidity)

'find bigot coy now and then' is the wordplay.
'now and then' means one should take alternating letters (letters taken on a regular basis, now and then).
'find'+'bigot'+'coy'='findbigotcoy'
The alternate letters of 'findbigotcoy' are 'IDIOCY'.

'though perhaps it's just' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for idiocy that I've seen before include "Chopper" , "Great folly" , "Foolish action or behaviour" , "Extreme silliness" , "Abject stupidity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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