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Fear Italy's deployment - that's not true (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fairy tale

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'not true' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'fear italy's deployment' is the wordplay.
'deployment' is an anagram indicator (letters deployed in a new way).
'fear'+'italy'='fearitaly'
'fearitaly' is an anagram of 'FAIRY TALE'.

'that's' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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