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One might catch you saying it doesn’t measure involuntary responses (9)

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I believe the answer is:

polygraph

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'one might catch' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'saying it doesn't measure involuntary responses' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'measure' could be 'ph' (pH is a kind of measure) and 'ph' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'you' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for polygraph that I've seen before include "Lie-detector machine" , "Machine used as lie detector" , "Shower of pork pies" , "Electronic instrument used as a lie detector" .)

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