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What brings fame? Something other than competence evidently (10)

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notability

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'what brings fame? something' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'other than competence evidently' is the wordplay.
'other than' becomes 'not'.
'competence evidently' becomes 'ability' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'not'+'ability'='NOTABILITY'

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(Other definitions for notability that I've seen before include "fame" , "top person" , "VIP" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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