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Irish emblem is not a genuine stone (8)

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I believe the answer is:

shamrock

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'irish emblem' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'genuine stone' is the wordplay.
'genuine' becomes 'sham' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stone' becomes 'rock' (synonyms).
'sham'+'rock'='SHAMROCK'

'is not a' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for shamrock that I've seen before include "symbolic of Ireland" , "Pressed grape-juice" , "The national Irish trefoil" , "Irish national symbol" , "Clover leaf" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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