High romance? (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

tall tale

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'high romance?' is the definition.
'tall tale' can be an answer for 'romance?' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'high' bit.

'high romance?' is the wordplay.
'high' becomes 'tall' (similar in meaning).
'romance?' becomes 'tale' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tall'+'tale'='TALL TALE'

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(Other definitions for tall tale that I've seen before include "Improbable story" , "Fanciful story" , "Story that is difficult to believe, lofty narrative" , "unbelievable" , "Incredible story" .)

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

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