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Vicar: he falsified records! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

archive

'records' is the definition.
(an archive is a collection of records)

'vicar he falsified' is the wordplay.
'falsified' indicates an anagram.
'vicar'+'he'='vicarhe'
'vicarhe' anagrammed gives 'ARCHIVE'.

(Other definitions for archive that I've seen before include "Collection of historic or institutional documents" , "Collection of records or papers of an organisation" , "File away" , "Record, annal" , "Collection of public records etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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