Crossword Genius

Fanciful lie marked as unreal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreamlike

'unreal' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'fanciful lie marked' is the wordplay.
'fanciful' indicates anagramming the letters (a fanciful or silly ordering of the letters).
'lie'+'marked'='liemarked'
'liemarked' is an anagram of 'DREAMLIKE'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for dreamlike that I've seen before include "Imagined" , "Illusory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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