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Teacher in biblical story deserving forgiveness (10)

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I believe the answer is:

pardonable

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'teacher in biblical story deserving forgiveness' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'teacher in biblical story' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don can mean an academic - especially at Oxbridge).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'biblical story' becomes 'parable' (parable is a kind of story. I am not sure about the 'biblical' bit.).
'don' going within 'parable' is 'PARDONABLE'.

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(Other definitions for pardonable that I've seen before include "not deserving censure" , "Capable of being forgiven" , "That may be forgiven" , "venial" , "likely to go unpunished?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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