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'Innocent' Alice being false — no good inside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angelic

'innocent' is the definition.
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'alice being false no good inside' is the wordplay.
'being false' is an anagram indicator.
'no' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'n'+'g'='ng'
'alice' anagrammed gives 'aelic'.
'aelic' going around 'ng' is 'ANGELIC'.

(Other definitions for angelic that I've seen before include "Seraphic, cherubic" , "Nice gal (anag.)" , "Divine" , "Sweet and well-behaved" , "Of innocent beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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