Insincere pair confronted (3-5)
I believe the answer is:
two-faced
'insincere' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'pair confronted' is the wordplay.
'pair' becomes 'two' (I've seen this before).
'confronted' becomes 'faced' (I've seen this before).
'two'+'faced'='TWO-FACED'
(Other definitions for two-faced that I've seen before include "Perfidious" , "Showing a double-sided visage to deceive" , "Duplicitous" , "Deceitful, double-dealing" , "Double-dealing, like Janus?" .)