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Part of UK greeting schedules for extreme sceptics (9)

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I believe the answer is:

nihilists

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'extreme sceptics' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'part of uk greeting schedules' is the wordplay.
'part of uk' becomes 'ni' (Northern Ireland).
'greeting' becomes 'hi' (hi is a kind of greeting).
'schedules' becomes 'lists'.
'ni'+'hi'+'lists'='NIHILISTS'

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(Other definitions for nihilists that I've seen before include "They reject all theories of morality or religious belief" , "Old revolutionaries" , "unbelievers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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