The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SHUFFLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SHUFFLE
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The straight part
We know that "Evasive action/that’s seen before deal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case evasive action/that’s seen before deal = shuffle.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 SHUFFLE mean?
SHUFFLE noun- The act of shuffling cards.
- The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- (by extension) A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.
- A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
- To put in a random order.
- To change; modify the order of something.
- To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
- To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
- To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
- To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.