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Most bogus calls taking one in? Tons! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phoniest

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'most bogus' is the definition.
('phony' can be a synonym of 'bogus')

'taking one in? tons' is the wordplay.
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'in?' becomes 'phones' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tons' becomes 't'.
'i' inserted within 'phones' is 'phonies'.
'phonies'+'t'='PHONIEST'

'calls' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Another definition for phoniest that I've seen is " Most bogus or fake".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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