Clever forge creating dodgy product (8)

I believe the answer is:

deepfake

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'dodgy product' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'clever forge' is the wordplay.
'clever' becomes 'deep' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'forge' becomes 'fake' (synonyms).
'deep'+'fake'='DEEPFAKE'

'creating' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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