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Craft lie making Tory cool (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tall ship

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'craft lie' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'tory cool' is the wordplay.
'tory' becomes 'talls' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cool' becomes 'hip' (hip can mean cool or fashionable).
'talls'+'hip'='TALL SHIP'

'making' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for tall ship that I've seen is " Sailing vessel".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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