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Insinuates you can't believe what troublemaker says (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

implies

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'insinuates' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'troublemaker says' is the wordplay.
'troublemaker' becomes 'imp' (little devil).
'says' becomes 'lies' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'imp'+'lies'='IMPLIES'

'you can't believe what' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for implies that I've seen before include "Suggests or hints at meaning" , "States indirectly" , "Insinuates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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