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Artificial lass, from what we hear (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

made

'artificial' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lass from what we hear' is the wordplay.
'lass' becomes 'maid' (I've seen this in another clue).
'from what we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'maid' is a homophone of 'MADE'.

(Other definitions for made that I've seen before include "One renovating (painting)" , "Built" , "Forced" , "Constructed" , "Fabricated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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