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Inauthentic, artificial (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ersatz

(Other definitions for ersatz that I've seen before include "Spurious" , "Mock" , "Bogus" , "Not real or genuine" , "Inferior substitute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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