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Southern cleric, misfit, altered reflective judgement? (4-9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

self-criticism

'reflective judgement?' is the definition.

'southern cleric misfit altered' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'altered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cleric'+'misfit'='clericmisfit'
'clericmisfit' is an anagram of 'elfcriticism'.
's'+'elfcriticism'='SELF-CRITICISM'

(Another definition for self-criticism that I've seen is " Readiness to detect one's own failings".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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