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Lying about time in posh hotel flusters nun terribly (14)

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I believe the answer is:

untruthfulness

'lying' is the definition.
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'time in posh hotel flusters nun terribly' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'posh' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for upper-class - opposite to non-U).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'u'+'h'+'flusters'+'nun'='uhflustersnun'
'uhflustersnun' with letters rearranged gives 'unruthfulness'.
't' going into 'unruthfulness' is 'UNTRUTHFULNESS'.

'about' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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