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Shifting pork pie wedged at first in plumbing ... (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pipework

'plumbing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'shifting pork pie wedged at first' is the wordplay.
'shifting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'wedged' is 'w'.
'pork'+'pie'+'w'='porkpiew'
'porkpiew' with letters rearranged gives 'PIPEWORK'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for pipework that I've seen is " Plumbing".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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