Crafty revolutionary paper cuts a limited order (6)
I believe the answer is:
artful
'crafty' is the definition.
('artful' can be similar in meaning to 'crafty')
'revolutionary paper cuts a limited order' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'paper' becomes 'ft'.
'cuts' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into other letters).
'a limited order' becomes 'lura' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ft' inserted into 'lura' is 'luftra'.
'luftra' back-to-front is 'ARTFUL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for artful that I've seen before include "Cunning, wily" , "Clever like Dickens's Dodger" , "Giving a false appearance of frankness" , "Clever, tricky" , "Oliver Twist's pal was an . . . . . . dodger" .)