The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMART
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More clues leading to the result SMART
- Well-kept small trading centre
- Clever sting
- Stylish forms of transport going into reverse
- Hurt fly
- Sergeant Major, cunning and astute
- Fashionable public transport making a comeback
- Hurt as vehicles overturned
- & 22 Much depressed in the case of tweet-mad Trump?
- Public transport’s turnaround is quick and efficient
- Some characters in Tristram Shandy are flipping clever!
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The straight part
We know that "Clever sting" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case clever sting = smart.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SMART mean?
SMART verb- To hurt or sting.
- To cause a smart or sting in.
- To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- Sudden and intense.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- (Southern) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
- Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- Brisk; fresh.
- A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
- Smart-money.
- A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.