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Every other film advertisement is fake? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imposter

'fake?' is the definition.
('imposter' can be a synonym of 'fake')

'every other film advertisement' is the wordplay.
'every other' indicates alternate letters.
'advertisement' becomes 'poster' (I've seen this before).
The alternating letters of 'film' are 'im'.
'im'+'poster'='IMPOSTER'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for imposter that I've seen before include "Pretender, fake" , "One who makes deceitful pretences" , "Cheat" , "Charlatan" , "One pretends to be someone else" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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