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His tale something plucked from the airwaves? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liar

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'his tale something plucked from the airwaves?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for liar that I've seen before include "Worse than a thief" , "Bearer of false witness" , "Storyteller" , "one trying to sell pork pies" , "Perjuror" .)

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