Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SHIFTIEST

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What does SHIFTIEST mean?

SHIFTIEST adjective
  1. Subject to frequent changes in direction.
  2. (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
  3. Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
  4. Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

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