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Cardinal possibly reading an Old Testament book (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

numbers

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'old testament book' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cardinal possibly reading an' is the wordplay.
'cardinal possibly' becomes 'number' (cardinal is a kind of number).
'reading an' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'number'+'s'='NUMBERS'

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(Other definitions for numbers that I've seen before include "Fourth book of the Bible" , "Old Testament book -- narcotics?" , "Integers" , "See 3" , "Fourth book of the Old Testament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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