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Carefully confront a confused liar in outer Wembley (6)

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I believe the answer is:

warily

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'carefully confront a' is the definition.
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'confused liar in outer wembley' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'outer' suggests removing the centre.
'wembley' with its centre taken out is 'wy'.
'liar' anagrammed gives 'aril'.
'aril' put into 'wy' is 'WARILY'.

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(Other definitions for warily that I've seen before include "With circumspection" , "with caution!" , "In a cautious manner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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