The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BIBLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BIBLE
- Irritability about book in religious literary collection
- Ill-temper surrounding Boris’s number one’s authority
- Bishop’s semi-credible reading material?
- Books left on Earth about upright character?
- Tucker’s best mate put on the covers of large sacred text
- Tucker’s partner joins the French in a book
- An authoritative text from the French on child protection
- Anger surrounding Black’s manual
- Ill-humour about book, or a collection of them
- King James, for example, showing bitterness about start of battle
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The straight part
We know that "King James, for example" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case king james, for example = bible.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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What does BIBLE mean?
BIBLE noun- An exemplar of the Bible.
- A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
- (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
- Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
- A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
- A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.