Incline to think American quietly is taken in by religious group (7)
8D — Incline to think American quietly is taken in by religious group (7) — SUSPECT
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Definition
Definition found: 'Incline to think' — A run of words at one end reads as a plain definition of the answer; the rest is the recipe.A run of words at one end reads as a plain definition of the answer; the rest is the recipe.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'taken in by'A phrase meaning 'tucked inside' tells you one piece is dropped within another.
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Operation
'taken in by' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'American quietly religious group'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'American' → USA nationality shrinks to a two-letter tag — the first inner piece.
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'quietly' → PA softness marking gives a single letter — the second inner piece, joined on.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'religious group' → SECTBuild the outer shell that will wrap the inner pieces.
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Assembly
SECT + USP = S(USP)ECT