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Scottish girl's untrue story about beast (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lassie

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'scottish girl's' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'untrue story about beast' is the wordplay.
'untrue story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication. I am not sure about the 'untrue' bit.).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'beast' becomes 'ass' (I've seen this before).
'lie' placed around 'ass' is 'LASSIE'.

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(Other definitions for lassie that I've seen before include "Canine film star" , "Film and TV dog" , "girl found" , "dog in pictures" , "Young Scottish female" .)

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