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Somehow teach unit to be reliable (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

authentic

'reliable' is the definition.
('authentic' can be a synonym of 'reliable')

'somehow teach unit' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'teach'+'unit'='teachunit'
'teachunit' anagrammed gives 'AUTHENTIC'.

'to be' is the link.

(Other definitions for authentic that I've seen before include "Genuine, not a copy" , "Real, genuine" , "Ian, the cut is genuine" , "24 [LEGIT]" , "reliable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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