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Singer from X Factor ignoring true statement? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenor

'singer' is the definition.
(tenor is a kind of singer)

'x factor ignoring true statement?' is the wordplay.
'x' becomes 'ten' (X is the Roman numeral for ten).
'ignoring' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'true statement?' becomes 'fact' (I've seen this in another clue).
'factor' with 'fact' taken out is 'or'.
'ten'+'or'='TENOR'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for tenor that I've seen before include "Male singing voice of high pitch" , "thread" , "direction" , "Higher male voice" , "Male voice (one of three?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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