Crossword Genius

Dream offered by a chain letter is dodgy (6,2,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

castle in the air

'dream' is the definition.
(castle in the air is a kind of dream)

'a chain letter is dodgy' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' is an anagram indicator (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'a'+'chain'+'letter'+'is'='achainletteris'
'achainletteris' anagrammed gives 'CASTLE IN THE AIR'.

'offered by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for castle in the air that I've seen before include "Daydreaming" , "A visionary project" , "Keep up!" , "like the superfortress was?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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