On satire's puzzling claim (9)

I believe the answer is:

assertion

(Other definitions for assertion that I've seen before include "Claim" , "Confident statement of fact" , "Confident declaration" , "Emphatic declaration" , "Notarises (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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