Reckless headlong shift towards skilful deception (7,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
sleight of hand
'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'.
'towards' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sleight of hand that I've seen before include "Prestidigitation" , "Trickery" , "Manual dexterity in conjuring" , "Legerdemain" , "Skilful deception" .)