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That's no phoney earthling silly! (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

real thing

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'that's no phoney' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'earthling silly' is the wordplay.
'silly' is an anagram indicator.
'earthling' with letters rearranged gives 'REAL THING'.

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