The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ISHMAEL
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More clues leading to the result ISHMAEL
- Outcast somewhat masculine, from what we hear
- Sort of weird male who features in the Bible
- Abraham’s son needs his meal cooked
- Outcast husband blocking devious e-mails
- Call me this in novel, not Clint
- Abraham’s son is married, embraced by Jacob’s wife contrarily
- Emil has nomadic Arab forebear, according to tradition
- Black sheep‘s somewhat lame, sadly
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The straight part
We know that "Call me this in novel, not Clint" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case call me this in novel, not clint = ishmael.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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