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Trick flipping enormous flans (9)

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I believe the answer is:

stratagem

'trick' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'flipping enormous flans' is the wordplay.
'flipping' says the letters should be written backwards.
'enormous' becomes 'mega ' (I've seen this before).
'flans' becomes 'tarts' (I've seen this before).
'mega'+'tarts'='megatarts'
'megatarts' backwards is 'STRATAGEM'.

(Other definitions for stratagem that I've seen before include "Ploy - start game (anag)" , "Cunning manoeuvre" , "A cunning plan or scheme" , "Artifice" , "Cunning plot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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