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Hard to produce fake documents? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigid

'hard' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fake documents?' is the wordplay.
'fake' becomes 'rig'.
'documents?' becomes 'ID' (identification).
'rig'+'id'='RIGID'

'to produce' is the link.

(Other definitions for rigid that I've seen before include "starched too much?" , "Stiff and inflexible" , "Unable to bend" , "completely" , "unwilling to move" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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