The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word PAPER TIGER
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More clues leading to the result PAPER TIGER
- Daily row about golf figure who’s less powerful than he looks?
- Bold one in side, Republican figure with illusory power
- Cheeky one taken in by caller — a person who’s not a real threat
- Part of exam, oddly, I get right — not a real threat
- Daily has extraordinary grit about commencement of expose... results in a harmless threat
- Daily row about Germany's leader, not a real threat
- Daily row about golf organisation giving impression of power
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