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Fictional Italian lad with an embarrassing tendency to lie (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pinocchio

(Other definitions for pinocchio that I've seen before include "Wooden puppet, prone to lying" , "Puppet with growing nose" , "Nose-growing puppet" , "Fairytals puppet who became a boy" , "Wooden puppet, brought alive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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