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Reader's handiwork? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

palmistry

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'reader's handiwork?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'reader's handiwork?' is the wordplay.
'reader' becomes 'palmist' (I've seen this before).
'handiwork?' becomes 'ry' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'palmist'+'ry'='PALMISTRY'

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(Other definitions for palmistry that I've seen before include "Prediction of the future from studying the hand" , "Telling the future by examining hand" , "Fortune-telling, otherwise known as chiromancy" , "attempt to predict futures" , "Kind of fortune-telling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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