In a crafty or surreptitious manner (5)

I believe the answer is:

slyly

(Other definitions for slyly that I've seen before include "In a cunning manner" , "Craftily, cunningly" , "in underhand way" , "In a stealthy and secret way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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