The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LEVITICUS
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More clues leading to the result LEVITICUS
- Utilise CV somehow to create Biblical work
- One delving into awful lust and vice – as found in OT book
- Religious text Clive reviewed, circulating it with American
- Numbers follow this jerk on view to all wearing jeans
- Numbers will follow this rule book
- Lust, vice and crime essentially written about in old law book
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The straight part
We know that "in old law book" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in old law book = leviticus.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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