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Wrongly claim wish is fanciful (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whimsical

'fanciful' is the definition.
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'wrongly claim wish' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'claim'+'wish'='claimwish'
'claimwish' anagrammed gives 'WHIMSICAL'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for whimsical that I've seen before include "odd" , "Playfully quaint" , "Quirky" , "Quaintly fantastic" , "Fanciful, fantastical" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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