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Lies told in Melton Mowbray? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pork pies

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'melton mowbray?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'lies told in' is the wordplay.
'lies' becomes 'porkies' (rhyming slang - porky pies).
'told' becomes 'p' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'porkies' placed around 'p' is 'PORK-PIES'.

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(Another definition for pork pies that I've seen is " Food - hats - falsehoods".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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