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Guide needing to conceal untruth? That's harder (8)

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I believe the answer is:

steelier

'harder' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'guide needing to conceal untruth?' is the wordplay.
'guide' becomes 'steer' (synonyms).
'needing to conceal' indicates putting letters inside.
'untruth?' becomes 'lie' (lie is a kind of untruth).
'steer' placed around 'lie' is 'STEELIER'.

'that's' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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