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Socratic puzzle? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

acrostic

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'socratic puzzle?' is the definition.
'acrostic' can be an answer for 'puzzle?' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'socratic' bit.

'socratic puzzle?' is the wordplay.
'puzzle?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'puzzling' mean this).
'socratic' anagrammed gives 'ACROSTIC'.

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(Other definitions for acrostic that I've seen before include "Type of word puzzle" , "Poem where first letters of lines spell a word" , "a little puzzling" , "Puzzle involving leading characters" , "Form of word puzzle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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