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Happy coral is damaged? That may not be true (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apocryphal

'that may not be true' is the definition.
(apocryphal means fictitious or dubious)

'happy coral is damaged?' is the wordplay.
'is damaged?' indicates an anagram.
'happy'+'coral'='happycoral'
'happycoral' with letters rearranged gives 'APOCRYPHAL'.

(Other definitions for apocryphal that I've seen before include "probably made-up" , "Fabulous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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