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Woman beginning to cry 'I love America!' - and it's true (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

veracious

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'it's true' is the definition.
('veracious' can be similar in meaning to 'true')

'woman beginning to cry i love america' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'vera' (a woman's name).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'i love america' becomes 'ious' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'cry' is 'c'.
'vera'+'c'+'ious'='VERACIOUS'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for veracious that I've seen before include "truthful" , "Honest" , "Unvarnished" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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