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Greek character recently acquired hobby (9)

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I believe the answer is:

philately

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'acquired hobby' is the definition.
'philately' can be an answer for 'hobby' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'acquired' bit.

'greek character recently' is the wordplay.
'greek character' becomes 'phi' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'recently' becomes 'lately' (synonyms).
'phi'+'lately'='PHILATELY'

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(Other definitions for philately that I've seen before include "The hobby of stamp collecting" , "Study of postage stamps" , "interest in stamps" , "pursuit" , "Stamp-collecting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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