What does the cryptic crossword clue "Fake suffering's called out - Methuselah's full of it (9)" mean?

The definition is "Fake". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). Homophone (called out = spoken aloud) of SHAM PAIN (fake suffering). Very large sizes of champagne bottles are named after various Biblical kings, Methuselah being one of them. The answer is CHAMPAGNE.

Fake suffering's called out - Methuselah's full of it (9)

Independent Cryptic #11785 | 11 Across | 2024-07-18 flower

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