Create illusion of getting an Irish ship into a small stream? (7)
I believe the answer is:
trickle
'a small stream?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'create illusion of getting' is the wordplay.
'create' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'illusion' becomes 'trick' (synonyms).
'of getting' becomes 'le' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'trick'+'le' is 'TRICKLE'.
'an irish ship into' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trickle that I've seen before include "Small flow (of liquid)" , "Small flow, dribble" , "Slow flow (to 1down a 3, perhaps)" , "Seep out slowly" , "Slow, slight flow" .)