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Devious lady gets back work permit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evasive

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

'lady gets back work permit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'lady' could be 'eva' and 'eva' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for evasive that I've seen before include "Deliberately vague" , "Shifty, slippery" , "Shifty, equivocal" , "Shifty, not direct in answering" , "Shifty; equivocating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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