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Finale of Platters hit – The Great Pretender? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shammer

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'pretender?' is the definition.
(I know that pretender can be written as shammer)

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(Other definitions for shammer that I've seen before include "Faker" , "Person who fakes things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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