Defeat through ingenuity (6)

I believe the answer is:

outwit

(Other definitions for outwit that I've seen before include "Be too smart for, defeat" , "Surpass in ingenuity" , "Gull" , "Hoodwink" , "Show more ingenuity than" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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