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Fear Italy is destabilised? It's a fabricated story (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

fairy tale

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'a fabricated story' is the definition.
'fairy tale' can be an answer for 'story' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'a fabricated' bit.

'fear italy is destabilised?' is the wordplay.
'is destabilised?' indicates an anagram (the order of letters is destabilised).
'fear'+'italy'='fearitaly'
'fearitaly' is an anagram of 'FAIRY TALE'.

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for fairy tale that I've seen before include "A magical story for children" , "''... of New York'' (The Pogues)" , "'Once upon a time...'" , "Children's magic tale or incredible story for adult" , "Children's story with magical beings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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