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How to manipulate circumstances beneficially to test wisdom of Delphi prophet perhaps (4,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

work the oracle

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'how to manipulate circumstances beneficially to test wisdom' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'of delphi prophet perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'prophet' could be 'oracle' ('oracle' can be a synonym of 'prophet') and 'oracle' is found in the answer.
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(Another definition for work the oracle that I've seen is " raise money".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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