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Understood to be fake (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assumed

This clue is a double definition.

'understood' is the first definition.
('assumed' can be a synonym of 'understood')

'be fake' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for assumed that I've seen before include "Took for granted" , "Bogus" , "False" , "Took (control)" , "Surmised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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