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Celebrities breaking German rule? Not entirely true-to-life (9)

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I believe the answer is:

realistic

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'true-to-life' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'celebrities breaking german rule? not entirely' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'celebrities' could be 'alist' (A-list) and 'alist' is found in the answer.
'rule?' could be 'r' (legal abbreviation) and 'r' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for realistic that I've seen before include "Without illusions, dealing in facts" , "accurate picture" , "Pragmatic" , "It is clear (anag)" , "Practicable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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