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Falsehood from cleaner fool (7)

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I believe the answer is:

charlie

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

'falsehood from cleaner' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'falsehood' could be 'lie' (lie is a kind of falsehood) and 'lie' is found within the answer.
'cleaner' could be 'char' (char can mean a cleaner) and 'char' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for charlie that I've seen before include "Fool; man's name" , "Cocaine (colloq.), fool (colloq.)" , "succeeds. Bravo!" , "Personification of cocaine?" , "-- Chaplin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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