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Present twitch acquired from blasphemer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heretic

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'acquired from blasphemer' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'present twitch' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'here' ('here' can be similar in meaning to 'present').
'twitch' becomes 'tic' (tic is a kind of twitch).
'here'+'tic'='HERETIC'

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(Other definitions for heretic that I've seen before include "person not acting in good faith?" , "I wrongly believe" , "Original thinker" , "Person with views contrary to accepted beliefs" , "contrarian" .)

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