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Cryptically artful. False? That's a big no (4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flat refusal

'a big no' is the definition.

'cryptically artful false?' is the wordplay.
'cryptically' indicates anagramming the letters.
'artful'+'false'='artfulfalse'
'artfulfalse' anagrammed gives 'FLAT REFUSAL'.

'that's' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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