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Prescient beginners are inclined to fake it (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pretend

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'fake it' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'prescient beginners are inclined' is the wordplay.
'prescient beginners' becomes 'pre' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'are inclined' becomes 'tend' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pre'+'tend'='PRETEND'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pretend that I've seen before include "Simulated" , "make a false claim" , "Simulate - make up" , "Suppose" , "Behave unnaturally" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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