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Feat of a magician with a topper or a bowler (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

hat trick

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'feat' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Threefold feat' mean 'hat trick' so perhaps 'feat' could also mean 'hat trick')

'magician with a topper or a bowler' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'topper' could be 'hat' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'hat' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'trick' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hat trick that I've seen before include "Three goals scored in a game or wickets taken with consecutive deliveries by an individual" , "Run of three successes" , "Three consecutive successes" , "Achievement of three successive victories" , "Taking three wickets with consecutive balls" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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