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Certainly not like Thomas (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doubtless

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'certainly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not like thomas' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'not' could be 'less' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'less' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'doubt' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for doubtless that I've seen before include "of course" , "Probably, certainly" , "Positive" , "Unquestionably" , "Assuredly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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