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My criticism will exclude King and nearly everyone of occult tendencies (8)

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I believe the answer is:

mystical

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'my criticism will exclude king and nearly everyone' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'occult tendencies' is the wordplay.
'occult' becomes 'mystic' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tendencies' becomes 'al' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mystic'+'al'='MYSTICAL'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mystical that I've seen before include "'Esoteric, spiritual (8)'" , "Sacredly obscure" , "Slimy act? (anag)" , "Having a spiritual significance" , "Inexplicable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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