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Tiny chest, bust, is fake (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

synthetic

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

'tiny chest bust' is the wordplay.
'bust' is an anagram indicator.
'tiny'+'chest'='tinychest'
'tinychest' with letters rearranged gives 'SYNTHETIC'.

(Other definitions for synthetic that I've seen before include "Artificially produced" , "Not natural in origin" , "Mock" , "ersatz" , "Not genuine, unnatural" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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