Garment blue — one of Poe's perhaps? (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

short story

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'one of poe's perhaps?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'garment blue' is the wordplay.
'garment' becomes 'shorts' (shorts is a kind of garment).
'blue' becomes 'tory' (I've seen this before).
'shorts'+'tory'='SHORT STORY'

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(Other definitions for short story that I've seen before include "That's hardly novel" , "not much material to take in" , "account limited by definition" , "Novella" , "little romance, say?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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