Crossword Genius

Craft of, say, steel pan player finally accepted (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metalwork

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'craft of' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'steel pan player finally accepted' is the wordplay.
'steel' becomes 'metal' (steel is a metal).
'pan' becomes 'wok' (wok is a kind of pan).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'accepted' indicates putting letters inside.
The final letter of 'player' is 'r'.
'wok' placed around 'r' is 'work'.
'metal'+'work'='METALWORK'

'say' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for metalwork that I've seen before include "processing of gold maybe" , "Creative manipulation of iron, tin etc" , "Objects of gold, iron, copper etc" , "school subject, once" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app