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Dexterity gets audible insult (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleight

'dexterity' is the definition.
(I know that dexterity can be written as sleight)

'audible insult' is the wordplay.
'audible' shows a homophone (sound like).
'insult' becomes ''slight' (I've seen this before).
'slight' is a homophone of 'SLEIGHT'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sleight that I've seen before include "Dexterity (usually of hand)" , "It's deceiving to the eye" , "distraction?" , "Artful trick" , "Hits leg (anag) - cunning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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