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Start to work on his claim that's disputed and fanciful (9)

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I believe the answer is:

whimsical

'fanciful' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'start to work on his claim that's disputed' is the wordplay.
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'that's disputed' is an anagram indicator.
The first letter of 'work' is 'w'.
'his'+'claim'='hisclaim'
'hisclaim' anagrammed gives 'himsical'.
'w'+'himsical'='WHIMSICAL'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for whimsical that I've seen before include "Playfully quaint" , "Fanciful, fantastical" , "Capricious" , "Quirky" , "Playfully fanciful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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