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Bard's trick, capturing a Trojan lover (9)

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I believe the answer is:

caparison

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'bard's' is the definition.
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'trick capturing a trojan lover' is the wordplay.
'trick' becomes 'con' (a con is a fraud or trick).
'capturing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'trojan lover' becomes 'paris' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'paris'='aparis'
'con' going around 'aparis' is 'CAPARISON'.

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(Other definitions for caparison that I've seen before include "covering for the Shires?" , "sumptuous clothing" , "horse's cover" , "Ornamental covering over a horse's saddle or harness" , "Rich clothing" .)

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