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Bible book detailed in a movement that's tasteful (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aesthetic

'tasteful' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'bible book detailed in a movement' is the wordplay.
'bible book' becomes 'esther' (Esther is a book of the Old Testament).
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'movement' becomes 'tic' (an involuntary physical movement).
'esther' with its final letter taken away is 'esthe'.
'a'+'tic'='atic'
'esthe' placed into 'atic' is 'AESTHETIC'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for aesthetic that I've seen before include "Of pleasing appearance" , "Concerned with the appreciation of beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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