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Comic Circulating An Unfounded Rumour

We've checked our database and believe the answer is CANARD which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• a deliberately misleading fabrication

40%14Circulating unfounded stories
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25%4Unfounded, as gossip
adjective

• not in action or at work

noun

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

adjective satellite

• without a basis in reason or fact

• not in active use

• silly or trivial

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not yielding a return

• not having a job

verb

• run disconnected or idle

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

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Telegraph Cryptic26 Jun 2023 Down 20
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