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Complain over a record made for the trade (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carpentry

'for the trade' is the definition.
(carpentry is a kind of trade)

'complain over a record' is the wordplay.
'complain' becomes 'carp' (carp can informally mean to complain or whinge).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'a record' becomes 'entry' (eg entry in a list).
'carp'+'entry'='CARPENTRY'

'made' is the link.

(Other definitions for carpentry that I've seen before include "Trade" , "part of building" , "Joining work" , "The purpose of chips" , "Woodworking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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