The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word KORAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result KORAN
- Holy text published on approval from the east
- Unanswerable Buddhist question about religious leader in Holy Book
- Puzzling question about right for sacred text
- A passage from Habakkuk or another sacred book
- With punchy ending, published good book
- Passage from paperback or another good book
- Asian missing Eastern holy book
- Managed to support return of good scriptures
- ...and men in Kansas getting holy book
- Fine revolutionary rushed to get sacred book
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The straight part
We know that "Holy text" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case holy text = koran.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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