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Mock intermittently flawless English (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

false

'mock' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'intermittently flawless english' is the wordplay.
'intermittently' indicates alternate letters.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
The alternating letters of 'flawless' are 'fals'.
'fals'+'e'='FALSE'

(Other definitions for false that I've seen before include "Artificial" , "Not in accordance with fact" , "Fake; untrue" , "Bogus" , "Invalid; untrue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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