Lies from Tories – fellows ousting European (6)
I believe the answer is:
bluffs
'lies' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
I also know that 'lies' relates to this answer.
'tories fellows ousting european' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fellows' could be 'ff' (an abbreviation for fellow written twice) and 'ff' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bluffs that I've seen before include "Pretends the cards are better than they are" , "Pretends to have a good hand in poker" , "Tries to deceive as in poker game" , "Frightens off someone by pretending to be stronger than you are" , "Attempts a deception as in poker" .)