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Story accepted by an immigrant perhaps (5)

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alien

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'immigrant perhaps' is the definition.
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'story accepted by an' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'accepted by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are accepted).
'lie' inserted inside 'an' is 'ALIEN'.

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(Other definitions for alien that I've seen before include "Being from another world" , "coming from overseas" , "movie!" , "Foreigner, outsider" , "ET" .)

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