Moon probe that took a turn in forging a link (5)

I believe the answer is:

lunik

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'moon probe' is the definition.
'Lunik' can be an answer for 'probe' (I have seen 'Soviet probe' mean 'lunik' so perhaps 'probe' could also mean 'lunik'). I'm not sure about the 'moon' bit.

'took a turn in forging a link' is the wordplay.
'took a turn' becomes 'u' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'forging' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'link' with letters rearranged gives 'lnik'.
'u' put within 'lnik' is 'LUNIK'.

'that' is the link.

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(Another definition for lunik that I've seen is " Soviet moon probe".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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