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Article not plausible in the least (2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

at all

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'in the least' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'article not plausible' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'article' could be 'a' (the indefinite article in English) and 'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tall' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for at all that I've seen before include "in any circumstances" , "in any way" , "Whatsoever" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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