Crossword Genius

Comedians disturbed about upper-class lying (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mendacious

'lying' is the definition.
(mendacious means dishonest)

'comedians disturbed about upper-class' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters (the order of letters is disturbed).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'upper-class' becomes 'u' (similar in meaning).
'comedians' anagrammed gives 'mendacios'.
'mendacios' placed around 'u' is 'MENDACIOUS'.

(Other definitions for mendacious that I've seen before include "Untruthful" , "Given to lying" , "falsifying accounts?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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