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Walk purposefully over books in grating? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strident

'grating?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'walk purposefully over books' is the wordplay.
'walk purposefully' becomes 'stride'.
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'books' becomes 'nt' (New Testament).
'stride'+'nt'='STRIDENT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for strident that I've seen before include "Loud and vociferous" , "Harsh in tone" , "Roaring" , "With a loud, harsh voice" , "Clamorous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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