Maybe cobbler ripped off legendary rat-catcher? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
pied piper
'rat-catcher?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'maybe cobbler ripped off legendary' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cobbler' could be 'pie' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'pie' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'ripped' is 'dpiper' which is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pied piper that I've seen before include "(Hero of) Browning poem" , "One who enticed children" , "Hamelin ratcatcher" , "Legendary German musician who lured away rats and children in Hamelin" , "He led children astray in Hamelin" .)