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Belgrade nun spinning modern folktale (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

urban legend

'modern folktale' is the definition.
(an urban legend is a made-up story)

'belgrade nun spinning' is the wordplay.
'spinning' indicates an anagram.
'belgrade'+'nun'='belgradenun'
'belgradenun' with letters rearranged gives 'URBAN LEGEND'.

(Other definitions for urban legend that I've seen before include "popular myth" , "apocryphal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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