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Conceals guts losing a pound (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belies

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

'guts losing a pound' is the wordplay.
'guts' becomes 'bellies'.
'losing' is a deletion indicator.
'a pound' becomes 'l'.
'bellies' with 'l' taken out is 'BELIES'.

(Other definitions for belies that I've seen before include "Contradicts" , "Shows to be quite untrue" , "Conceals" , "Disguises" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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