Resemblance to claim by pair is suspect (13)

I believe the answer is:

comparability

'resemblance' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'to claim by pair is suspect' is the wordplay.
'is suspect' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'claim'+'by'+'pair'='toclaimbypair'
'toclaimbypair' anagrammed gives 'COMPARABILITY'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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