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Female can notice inside information that's false (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ladies

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'information that's false' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'female can notice inside' is the wordplay.
'female can' becomes 'lies' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'notice' becomes 'ad' (both can mean an advertisement).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'lies' placed around 'ad' is 'LADIES'.

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(Other definitions for ladies that I've seen before include "Females" , "Wives of knights" , "Lords' wives" , "Ideals for genteel women" , "...... and gentlemen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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