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Exaggerate extra tip-off fact (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overact

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

'extra tip-off fact' is the wordplay.
'extra' becomes 'over' (both can mean left over).
'tip-off' means to remove the first letter (one tip of the word is removed).
'fact' with its initial letter taken away is 'act'.
'over'+'act'='OVERACT'

(Other definitions for overact that I've seen before include "behave exaggeratedly" , "Play role exaggeratedly" , "Be unsubtle on stage" , "In part, fail to convince" , "Cartoon twenty four across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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