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Goad dubious supporters, they're not genuine! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

spurious

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'not genuine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'goad dubious supporters' is the wordplay.
'goad' becomes 'spur' (synonyms).
'dubious supporters' becomes 'ious' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'spur'+'ious'='SPURIOUS'

'they're' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spurious that I've seen before include "Inauthentic" , "Forged" , "fraudulent" , "Plausible, but false" , "deceitful!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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