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Flip large flans, that's the trick! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stratagem

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'the trick' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'flip large flans' is the wordplay.
'flip' is a reversal indicator.
'large' becomes 'mega' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'flans' becomes 'tarts' (I've seen this before).
'mega'+'tarts'='megatarts'
'megatarts' written backwards gives 'STRATAGEM'.

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stratagem that I've seen before include "Start game with cunning plan" , "Ploy - start game (anag)" , "way to outwit opponent" , "Scheme to outwit an opponent" , "could be a trick" .)

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