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Suggesting my words are false introduces pressure (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

implying

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'suggesting' is the definition.
(implying is a kind of suggesting)

'are false introduces pressure' is the wordplay.
'are' becomes 'im' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'false' becomes 'lying' (I've seen this in another clue).
'introduces' indicates putting letters inside.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'im'+'lying'='imlying'
'imlying' placed around 'p' is 'IMPLYING'.

'my words' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for implying that I've seen before include "making insinuations" , "Insinuating; signifying" , "Suggesting" , "Meaning" , "Indicating by suggestion" .)

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