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Reckless headlong shift towards skilful deception (7,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleight of hand

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

'reckless headlong shift' is the wordplay.
'reckless' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'headlong'+'shift'='headlongshift'
'headlongshift' with letters rearranged gives 'SLEIGHT-OF-HAND'.

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(Other definitions for sleight of hand that I've seen before include "Prestidigitation" , "Trickery" , "Manual dexterity in conjuring" , "Legerdemain" , "Skilful deception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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