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Cunning insult for the audience (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleight

'cunning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'insult for the audience' is the wordplay.
'insult' becomes ''slight' (I've seen this before).
'for the audience' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (how an audience might hear it).
'slight' sounds like 'SLEIGHT'.

(Other definitions for sleight that I've seen before include "Conjuror uses this" , "Cunning action" , "Artful trick" , "Hits leg (anag) - cunning" , "It's deceiving to the eye" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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