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Take That, not half furtive! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stealth

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'take that not half furtive' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'take that not half' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'steal' (stealing is a kind of taking).
'not half' suggests halving the letters.
'that' cut in half is 'th'.
'steal'+'th'='STEALTH'

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(Other definitions for stealth that I've seen before include "Halt set in furtive manner" , "Avoiding detection by moving carefully" , "Cautious and surreptitious action or movement" , "Avoidance of detection by moving carefully" , "underhand dealing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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