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Question mark surrounds top-class book (5)

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I believe the answer is:

doubt

'question' is the definition.
(I know that question can be written as doubt)

'mark surrounds top-class book' is the wordplay.
'mark' becomes 'dot' (dotting is a kind of marking).
'surrounds' is an insertion indicator.
'top-class' becomes 'U' (as in U and non-U speech).
'book' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'u'+'b'='ub'
'dot' going around 'ub' is 'DOUBT'.

(Other definitions for doubt that I've seen before include "One certainly can't have it" , "Feeling of uncertainty about something" , "Suspicion" , "Misgiving" , "Be uncertain about or consider unlikely" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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