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Sail with a king taken in by fisherman's lure (9)

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I believe the answer is:

spinnaker

'sail' is the definition.
(spinnaker is a kind of sail)

'a king taken in by fisherman's lure' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'k'.
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'fisherman's lure' becomes 'spinner' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'k'='ak'
'ak' placed within 'spinner' is 'SPINNAKER'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for spinnaker that I've seen before include "Large three-cornered sail" , "one using the breeze" , "Type of sail" , "Large racing sail" , "Lightweight sail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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