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Faraday lied about speciality (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

field

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'speciality' is the definition.
(the field or sphere someone works in)

'faraday lied about' is the wordplay.
'faraday' becomes 'f' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lied' anagrammed gives 'ield'.
'f'+'ield'='FIELD'

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(Other definitions for field that I've seen before include "his nocturnes, perhaps?" , "Area of farm land" , "Crop land; catch (ball)" , "Area for crops/livestock" , "Area of interest" .)

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