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Unorthodox logician, sort who may examine skulls? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

craniologist

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'may examine skulls?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'unorthodox logician sort' is the wordplay.
'unorthodox' indicates an anagram.
'logician'+'sort'='logiciansort'
'logiciansort' with letters rearranged gives 'CRANIOLOGIST'.

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(Another definition for craniologist that I've seen is " Original cost (anag) - head examiner".)

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