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Claim four made up is pretty unoriginal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

formulaic

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'pretty unoriginal' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'claim four made up' is the wordplay.
'made up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'claim'+'four'='claimfour'
'claimfour' anagrammed gives 'FORMULAIC'.

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(Other definitions for formulaic that I've seen before include "With set expression" , "Predictable" , "Produced by mechanically followed rules" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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