Legendary feller said to shroud inflammation (4,6)

I believe the answer is:

paul bunyan

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'legendary feller' is the definition.
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'said to shroud inflammation' is the wordplay.
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'to shroud' becomes 'pall' (synonyms).
'inflammation' becomes 'bunyan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pall' is a homophone of 'paul'.
'paul'+'bunyan'='PAUL BUNYAN'

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(Another definition for paul bunyan that I've seen is " American hero".)

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

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