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Sad face, false appearances (7)

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I believe the answer is:

facades

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'appearances' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'sad face false' is the wordplay.
'false' indicates an anagram.
'sad'+'face'='sadface'
'sadface' with letters rearranged gives 'FACADES'.

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(Another definition for facades that I've seen is " Fronts of buildings".)

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