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American criminals smuggling heroin back from Alaska, possibly (7)

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perhaps

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(Other definitions for perhaps that I've seen before include "Could be, maybe" , "It may be" , "Quite possibly" , "Possibly but not certainly" , "Conceivably" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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