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Laugh, getting a kiss for practical joke (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoax

'practical joke' is the definition.
(practical joke can mean a hoax or trick)

'laugh getting a kiss' is the wordplay.
'laugh' becomes 'ho' (representation of a laughing sound).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'ho'+'a'+'x'='HOAX'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for hoax that I've seen before include "Scam" , "Playful fraud" , "A fraud or deception" , "Deceptive trick, could be malicious" , "Practical joke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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