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Misrepresenting Macron -- it's soppy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

romantic

'soppy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'misrepresenting macron it's' is the wordplay.
'misrepresenting' indicates an anagram.
'macron'+'it'='macronit'
'macronit' with letters rearranged gives 'ROMANTIC'.

(Other definitions for romantic that I've seen before include "Visionary" , "Sentimental" , "Amatory" , "as Darnay perhaps" , "Fantastic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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