How one might defend being devious about a ticket seller (7)
I believe the answer is:
stoutly
'how one might defend' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'devious about a ticket seller' is the wordplay.
'devious' becomes 'sly' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a ticket seller' becomes 'tout' (as in a ticket tout).
'sly' going around 'tout' is 'STOUTLY'.
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for stoutly that I've seen is " Bravely".)