Skill in abundance? (8)

I believe the answer is:

trickery

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'skill in abundance?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for trickery that I've seen before include "cheating" , "Hocus-pocus" , "Smoke and mirrors?" , "Legerdemain" , "Practice of deception" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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