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Unsupported declaration (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assertion

(Other definitions for assertion that I've seen before include "Confident declaration" , "Notarises (anag)" , "Emphatic declaration" , "Claim" , "Confident statement of fact" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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