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Skill in wangling ten spades? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adeptness

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

'wangling ten spades?' is the wordplay.
'wangling' indicates an anagram (wangle can mean to manipulate).
'ten'+'spades'='tenspades'
'tenspades' anagrammed gives 'ADEPTNESS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adeptness that I've seen before include "complete skill" , "Deftness, adroitness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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