Obscure coteries formed (8)

I believe the answer is:

esoteric

'obscure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'coteries formed' is the wordplay.
'formed' is an anagram indicator.
'coteries' is an anagram of 'ESOTERIC'.

(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Inner - secret" , "known to a few" , "Tie score (anagram)" , "Abstruse, obscure" , "exclusive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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