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Incredulous utterance, Anglo-Saxon, loud: Everyman's entertained (2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

as if

'incredulous utterance' is the definition.
(shows disbelief)

'anglo-saxon loud everyman's entertained' is the wordplay.
'anglo-saxon' becomes 'AS' (abbreviation for Anglo-Saxon).
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'everyman' becomes 'i' (where the crossword setter is 'Everyman').
'entertained' indicates putting letters inside.
'as'+'f'='asf'
'asf' going around 'i' is 'AS IF'.

(Other definitions for as if that I've seen before include "highly unlikely" , "Seemingly" , "Expression of incredulity" , "Or though" , "Yeah right!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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