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Stranger has an entertaining story (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alien

'stranger' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'an entertaining story' is the wordplay.
'entertaining' is an insertion indicator (inviting in, as for dinner).
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'an' placed around 'lie' is 'ALIEN'.

'has' is the link.

(Other definitions for alien that I've seen before include "Little green man, perhaps" , "exciting film based in space" , "Foreign; extraterrestrial" , "Offensive" , "Stranger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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