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14d. Realistic, like Deuteronomy, for example.(9) I have ****t*c*l. The t is a possibility. I'm considering critical but am, as yet, unconvinced. Any thoughts?

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Curse predictive text. The answer I was considering is eristical

eristical is an anagram of realistic so yes.
Deuteronomy is controversial.

gnostical?

The mystery thickens. I now have another letter which knocks eristical out of the ball park.
My letters are now **A*T*C*L.
Practical? maybe.
Is Deuteronomy one of those books with dietary and social advice? In which case practical could fit the bill.

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Could it be that Old Deuteronomy is a character in T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats?

what was the clue that gave you the A? please aux

AB has answered,well done AB

Well done indeed.
The "a" came from:
Celebrated about husband getting haircut in city out East. = Shanghai

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