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Competent (4)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">competent</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for able that I've seen before include "Showing skill" , "Clever skilful" , "Well-equipped" , "Skilled" , "Practised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Newsday, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, The New York Times, the Universal, The Telegraph, the Penny Press, The Mirror, the USA Today, The Irish Independent, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal.
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