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High crimes at last with Conservatives' lies (4,7)

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I believe the answer is:

tall stories

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'lies' is the definition.
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'high crimes at last with conservatives'' is the wordplay.
'high' becomes 'tall' (associated in meaning).
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'conservatives'' becomes 'tories'' (informal term for the Conservative Party).
The last letter of 'crimes' is 's'.
'tall'+'s'+'tories'='TALL STORIES'

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(Another definition for tall stories that I've seen is " Improbable tales".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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