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Crafty recipe — one has little time (9)

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I believe the answer is:

dishonest

'crafty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'recipe one has little time' is the wordplay.
'recipe' becomes 'dish'.
'one has' becomes 'ones' (one's).
'little time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'dish'+'ones'+'t'='DISHONEST'

(Other definitions for dishonest that I've seen before include "Untruthful - mendacious" , "Insincere" , "cheating" , "Fraudulent" , "Corrupt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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