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Feature, primarily pretence or reality? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fact

'reality?' is the definition.
(fact is a kind of reality)

'feature primarily pretence' is the wordplay.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
'pretence' becomes 'act'.
The initial letter of 'feature' is 'f'.
'f'+'act'='FACT'

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fact that I've seen before include "Actuality" , "Fait accompli" , "matter of record" , "Indisputable thing" , "Datum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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