Solution: "Tippy" craft - NYT Crossword

Even if you get this because CANOEs really are “tippy,” the song this clue hints at, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,” was a popular part of the Whig Party’s United States presidential campaign in 1840. It sang the praises of William Henry Harrison, “the hero of Tippecanoe,” and John Tyler as “homespun” and denigrated their opponent Martin Van Buren as an elitist. Horace “Go West, Young Man” Greeley liked this symbolism and began a campaign paper called The Log Cabin, which sold approximately 80,000 copies each week. On the back page were lyrics penned by Mr. Greeley, to be sung to the tunes of popular — and often minstrel-based — melodies.