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Cry of the lovable rogue, being a bit too smart (3,6,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

too clever by half

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'a bit too smart' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'cry of the lovable rogue' is the wordplay.
'rogue' indicates an anagram (letters go rogue).
'cry'+'of'+'the'+'lovable'='cryofthelovable'
'cryofthelovable' is an anagram of 'TOO-CLEVER-BY-HALF'.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for too clever by half that I've seen before include "shrewd, but flawed by excessive complexity" , "Play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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