| Neatly skillful |
New York Times Mini |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Adroit (4) |
Puzzler |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Nimble-fingered |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Nimble-fingered (4) |
Puzzler |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Skilful |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Masterful |
New York Times Mini |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Skillful |
Commuter |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Dexterous editor picked up newspaper |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Handy, also a little dexterous with the feet! (4) |
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| Dextrous |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 May 2025 |
| Nimble-fingered |
Mirror Tea Time |
21 May 2025 |
| Skilled |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2025 |
| Dexterous |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Skilful director leading European newspaper (4) |
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| Dutch newt was skilful (4) |
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| Adroit (4) |
Puzzler |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Adroit |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Fed back to the beginning in dextrous style (4) |
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| Highly skilled |
Commuter |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Artfully nimble |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Fed up with Tom starting to be handy? |
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| Skillful |
Premier Sunday |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Skilful |
Mirror Tea Time |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Fed up with Ted starting to be handy? |
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| Adroit |
Universal |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Clever senior journo set up this paper |
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| Clever, handy (4) |
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| Adroit |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Expert fed up at a certain junction (4) |
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| Dexterous |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Adroit(4) |
|
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| Skilful |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Dutch newt is nimble (4) |
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| Slick |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Fellow initially brought in by police investigator as expert |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Masterful |
Premier Sunday |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Skillful |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Handy, skilful (4) |
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| Neat substitution of dunderhead for learner in 7 (4) |
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| Skillful |
USA Today Quick |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Skilful |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Nimble or dexterous (4) |
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| Nimble-fingered |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Artful |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Adroit |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Handy or clever, especially in movement (4) |
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| Done, and fast, extremely skilful |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Decidedly efficient following training initially (4) |
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| Artful |
Mirror Tea Time |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Quick and skilful in movement (4) |
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| Adroit |
Universal |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Skillful |
Commuter |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Skillfully done |
Newsday |
17 May 2024 |
| *Opposite of awakward and clumsy |
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| Nimble |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2024 |
| Skillful |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2024 |
| Handy, clever in movement (4) |
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| It is handy to be fed up at top table (4) |
|
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| Handy, adroit (4) |
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| It is clever of French to have short feet (4) |
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| Skillful |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Does fate leave out every other expert? (4) |
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| Clever person that set this up on time (4) |
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| Clever person that set this up on time |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Cleverly skillful |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Nimble, dexterous (4) |
|
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| Skilful backing in efficient federal government (4) |
|
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| Adroit, skilful |
|
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| Handy but fed up? Have some tea! |
|
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| Nimble lizard under bottom of shed (4) |
|
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| Clever in movement |
|
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| It's handy to be fed up before end of Lent (4) |
|
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| Fed up after tea to find one so handy? (4) |
|
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| Fed up before tea? But your so handy Andy? (4) |
|
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| Clever defence disheartened newspaper |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Feb 2024 |
| Clever defence disheartened newspaper (4) |
|
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| Exceptionally skillful |
|
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| Adroit (4) |
Puzzler |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Adroit |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Nimble-fingered (rhymes with "left") |
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| Cleverly skillful |
Universal |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Nimble |
Universal |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Skillful |
Universal |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Artfully nimble |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Dexterous |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Skilled |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Aug 2023 |
| Extremely distinctive, fluent, skilful |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Neatly skillful, as a magician (rhymes with "left") |
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| Dexterous |
Newsday |
15 May 2023 |
| Dextrous, skilful |
The Times Concise |
13 May 2023 |
| Adroit |
Universal |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Quick |
Family Time |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Skillful |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Highly skilled |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Displaying remarkable skill |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2023 |
| Nimble |
Universal |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Skillful |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2022 |
| Expert editor returning to newspaper |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Expert |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Nimble artist federation’s holding back |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Like a virtuoso |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Artful |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jul 2022 |
| Handled well |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Nimble-fingered (rhymes with "heft") |
|
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| Skilled |
The Washington Post Sunday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Slick |
The Washington Post |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Slick |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Quick and skilful |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Jan 2022 |
| Quick and skilful |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Skillful |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2021 |
| Nimble-fingered |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Highly skillful |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Skilful |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Neatly skilful |
The Times Concise |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Dexterous or nimble (rhymes with "left") |
|
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| Skillful |
Universal |
09 Jul 2021 |
| Dexterous |
USA Today |
26 May 2021 |
| Adroit |
New York Times |
03 May 2021 |
| Skilful line not seen in Dutch crockery |
|
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| Skilful |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Skillfully done |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Dexterous |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Dexterous |
The Washington Post |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Skillful and clever |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Quick and skilful |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Highly skilled |
Newsday |
02 Dec 2020 |
| Skilled |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Oct 2020 |
| Skilful lower socio-economic groups supported by newspaper |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Skilled |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Handy pottery, fifty on the shelf |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Dexterous |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Learner dismissed by pottery expert |
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| Adroit |
Canadiana |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Nimble-fingered |
Newsday |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Nimble Scotsman's left resisting |
|
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| Skillful |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Slick |
The Washington Post |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Sure-of-hand |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Nimble |
Newsday |
29 May 2019 |
| Handy having editor back on newspaper |
|
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| Quick and effective line out of Dutch city |
|
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| Expert gets fed up over time |
|
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| Adroit |
The Guardian Speedy |
05 May 2019 |
| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Good with one's hands |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Nimble fingered |
|
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| Skillful |
LA Times Daily |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Skillful |
The Washington Post |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Agile |
Universal |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Good with one's hands |
|
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| Agile |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Clever lecturer forced out of China |
|
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| Skillful and nimble |
|
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| Synonym for "skillful" |
|
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| Quick and neatly skilful |
The Times Concise |
21 Sep 2018 |
| Nimble |
The Washington Post |
30 May 2018 |
| Nimble |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2018 |
| Skillfull |
Family Time |
20 May 2018 |
| Skillful |
Universal |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Cleverly artful |
Universal |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Skilful touch originally supplied from the right |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Apr 2018 |
| Handy |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Skillful |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Mar 2018 |
| Done, and fast, extremely skilful |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Displaying dexterity |
USA Today |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Nimble-fingered |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Nimble-fingered |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Nimble-fingered |
The Washington Post |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Skillful |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Displaying dexterity |
|
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| Cleverly artful |
|
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| Expert with poor marks on paper |
|
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| Adroit |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
04 Aug 2017 |
| Note the amphibian is adroit |
|
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| Light-fingered |
Family Time |
17 Apr 2017 |
| He demonstrated such ___ skills on the football field |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Like a magician's hands |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2016 |
| Skillful |
New York Times |
03 Dec 2016 |
| Highly skilled |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Nov 2016 |
| Adroit |
Universal |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Skillful |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2016 |
| Democrat's taken on Socialists, there being no Liberal handy |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Sep 2016 |
| Quick |
Family Time |
05 Sep 2016 |
| Quick and dexterous |
The Times Concise |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Masterly |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Nimble |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jun 2016 |
| Quick and skillful |
USA Today |
31 May 2016 |
| Highly skilled |
Universal |
14 May 2016 |
| Slick |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Cleverly skillful |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Like a magician's hands |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2016 |
| Like a magician's hands |
|
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| Slick |
|
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| Like a magician's hands |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Quick and skillful |
|
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| Adroit |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Nimble-fingered |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2015 |
| Nimble |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Loss old company avoided, being skilful |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Hardly all thumbs |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Handy, extremely distinctive organ, this one |
|
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| Dexterous |
Universal |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Hardly all thumbs |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Highly skilled |
|
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| Highly skilled |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Adept |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Slick |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Sure-fingered |
|
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| Adept |
|
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| Like close-up magicians |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Far from clumsy |
|
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| Good with one's hands |
|
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| Good at coin magic, say |
|
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| Skilled |
|
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| Highly skilled |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Far from clumsy |
|
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| Clever |
|
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| Magicianlike |
|
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| Highly skilled |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Agile |
|
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| Like a jack-of-all-trades |
|
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| Agile |
|
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| Quick and skillful |
|
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| Like jugglers |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Quick and skillful |
|
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| Handy |
|
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| Like a pickpocket's fingers |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Handy |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Light-fingered |
|
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| Quick |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Highly skilled |
|
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| Like a handyman |
|
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| Like a handyman |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Artful |
|
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| Like a pickpocket's fingers |
|
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| Like a dab hand |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Slick |
|
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| Skillful in movement |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Slick |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Slick |
|
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| Artful |
|
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| Nimble-fingered, e.g. |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Like a pickpocket's fingers |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Nimble-fingered |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Good with one's hands |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Adept |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Highly skilled |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Manually skilled |
|
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| Handy |
|
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| Skillfully executed |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Skilled |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Skilled |
|
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| Handy |
|
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| Nimble |
|
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| Adroit |
|
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| Dexterous |
|
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| Nimble-digited |
|
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| Skilled |
|
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| Skillful |
|
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| Clever |
|
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| Facile |
|
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| See 44 Down |
|
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| Manually skilled |
|
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| Skillfully executed |
|
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| Capable |
|
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| Handy |
|
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| Like a croupier's hands |
|
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| Having finesse |
|
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| Resourceful |
|
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| Expert |
|
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| Like a prestidigitator |
|
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| Like Houdini |
|
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| Facile |
|
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| Like a jack-of-all-trades |
|
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| Handy. |
|
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| Clever. |
|
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| Nimble. |
|
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| Expert. |
|
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| Having finesse. |
|
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| Apt. |
|
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| Dexterous. |
|
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| Adroit. |
|
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| Skilled. |
|
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| Skillful. |
|
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| Adept |
|
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| Workmanlike. |
|
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| Sure-handed. |
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