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Call evidence of overspending unconvincing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dubious

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'unconvincing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'call evidence of' is the wordplay.
'call' becomes 'dub' (both can mean to name).
'evidence of' becomes 'ious' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dub'+'ious'='DUBIOUS'

'overspending' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for dubious that I've seen before include "Ambiguous or suspect" , "Unsure, unconvinced" , "unreliable" , "Morally suspect" , "Arousing suspicion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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