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Bogus son given meat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sham

'bogus' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'son given meat' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'meat' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of meat).
's'+'ham'='SHAM'

(Other definitions for sham that I've seen before include "Phoney kind of hams" , "Cheap falseness" , "'Fake, pseudo (4)'" , "Pretence, hoax" , "Mash, being counterfeit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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