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What the Masons made of the Italian racket captured by wiretap (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

building

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'what the masons made' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the italian racket captured by wiretap' is the wordplay.
'the italian' becomes 'il' (the in Italian).
'racket' becomes 'din' (I've seen this before).
'captured by' indicates putting letters inside.
'wiretap' becomes 'bug' ('bug' can be a synonym of 'wiretap').
'il'+'din'='ildin'
'ildin' inserted inside 'bug' is 'BUILDING'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for building that I've seen before include "Structure with roof and walls" , "Structure, edifice" , "Erection" , "Constructing" , "Construction" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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