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Faithful story: genuine case (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liege

'faithful' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'story genuine case' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'case' suggests removing the centre.
'genuine' with its middle removed is 'ge'.
'lie'+'ge'='LIEGE'

(Other definitions for liege that I've seen before include "A person holding land under feudalism" , "European university" , "Loyal subject" , "Bound to render feudal service" , "Belgian city on Meuse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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