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True subject and falsehood associated with good English (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liege

'true subject' is the definition.

'falsehood associated with good english' is the wordplay.
'falsehood' becomes 'lie' (lie is a kind of falsehood).
'associated with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'lie'+'g'+'e'='LIEGE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for liege that I've seen before include "Belgian city - master - servant" , "Owing feudal allegiance" , "European city" , "City in eastern Belgium" , "Chieftain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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