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Cited fuel order as false (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deceitful

'false' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'cited fuel order' is the wordplay.
'order' indicates an anagram.
'cited'+'fuel'='citedfuel'
'citedfuel' is an anagram of 'DECEITFUL'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for deceitful that I've seen before include "Sly" , "Deliberately misleading" , "Dishonest" , "Untruthful" , "Duplicitous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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