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Cunning, troublesome person departs with cape (10)

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I believe the answer is:

shrewdness

'cunning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'troublesome person departs with cape' is the wordplay.
'troublesome person' becomes 'shrew' (shrew can mean a bad-tempered woman).
'departs' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation e.g. train timetables).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'cape' becomes 'ness' (synonyms).
'shrew'+'d'+'ness'='SHREWDNESS'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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