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Sceptic acting so badly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agnostic

'sceptic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'acting so badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'acting'+'so'='actingso'
'actingso' is an anagram of 'AGNOSTIC'.

(Other definitions for agnostic that I've seen before include "One doubts" , "One believing God is unknowable" , "Sceptic - unbelieving" , "Doubter - coatings (anag)" , "Religiously non-commital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Guardian.
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