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Word puzzle produced by Socratic lunatic (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acrostic

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

'socratic lunatic' is the wordplay.
'lunatic' indicates an anagram.
'socratic' is an anagram of 'ACROSTIC'.

'produced by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for acrostic that I've seen before include "Puzzle involving a hidden message" , "code?" , "Puzzle involving leading characters" , "Word puzzle using initials of lines of poetry" , "Puzzle spelling out something with first letters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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