Image, digital fake by the sound of it? (5)
I believe the answer is:
photo
'image' is the definition.
(I know that photo is a type of image)
'digital fake by the sound of it?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'pho' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for photo that I've seen before include "Snap, pic" , "Camera image" , "Camera picture" , "Snap - shot" , "Still" .)