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False as some boy's name (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bogus

'false' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'some boy's name' is the wordplay.
'some boy' becomes 'bo'.
'name' becomes 'gus' (**).
'bo'+'gus'='BOGUS'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for bogus that I've seen before include "Mock" , "Pretended" , "Not genuine, sham" , "that's not real" , "Sham, phoney" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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