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Expression of incredulity seen originally in a poem (2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

as if

'expression of incredulity' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'seen originally in a poem' is the wordplay.
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'poem' becomes 'if' (I've seen this in other clues**).
The initial letter of 'seen' is 's'.
'a'+'if'='aif'
's' placed into 'aif' is 'AS IF'.

(Other definitions for as if that I've seen before include "Seemingly" , "You're joking!" , "a voice of doubt" , "Expression of incredulity" , "Unbelievable!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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