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Guessing game leads to liars being devious (5,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

heads or tails

'guessing game' is the definition.
(game of predicting the result of a coin toss)

'leads to liars being devious' is the wordplay.
'leads' becomes 'heads' ('head' can be a synonym of 'lead').
'being devious' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'liars'='toliars'
'toliars' anagrammed gives 'ortails'.
'heads'+'ortails'='HEADS OR TAILS'

(Other definitions for heads or tails that I've seen before include "Coin-tossing question" , "Choice" , "phrase?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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