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Mysterious secret inscrutable and occult primarily? (8)

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esoteric

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(similar in meaning)

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(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Aimed at a few" , "Intelligible only to the initiated" , "Tie score (anagram)" , "Abstruse; secret" , "Inner - secret" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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