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Press piles in, dreadful for evasive character (12)

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I believe the answer is:

slipperiness

'evasive character' is the definition.
(a slippery or evasive quality)

'press piles in dreadful' is the wordplay.
'dreadful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'press'+'piles'+'in'='presspilesin'
'presspilesin' with letters rearranged gives 'SLIPPERINESS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for slipperiness that I've seen is " may be sign of a rascal".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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