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Say what isn't so when playing quoits with me (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misquote

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'say what isn't so' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'playing quoits with me' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'quoits' put after 'me' is 'mequoits'.
'mequoits' is an anagram of 'MISQUOTE'.

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for misquote that I've seen before include "Cite inaccurately" , "Cite incorrectly" .)

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