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Writer not exactly sincere about very right-wing origin (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scrivener

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'writer' is the definition.
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'not exactly sincere about very right-wing origin' is the wordplay.
'not exactly' indicates an anagram.
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'right wing origin' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sincere' put after 'v' is 'vsincere'.
'vsincere' with letters rearranged gives 'scrivene'.
'scrivene'+'r'='SCRIVENER'

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(Other definitions for scrivener that I've seen before include "Scribe" , "writer" , "Copyist" , "Notary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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