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Far-fetched tale by a six-foot, headstrong British pollie (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

tall story

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'a six-foot headstrong british pollie' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'far-fetched tale by' is the wordplay.
'far-fetched' becomes 'tall' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tale' becomes 'story' (synonyms).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'tall'+'story'='TALL STORY'

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(Other definitions for tall story that I've seen before include "suggesting Jack and the Beanstalk?" , "Distortion of the truth" , "Incredible account" , "Fiction" , "romance?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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