### Clue: Hapless chap playing with words, not initially clever (7)
### Answer: CUNNING 
 ### Explanation: Definition: clever
 "chap" **minus**(…less) "Hap" + "punning"(playing with words/making a joke with the meanings of words) **minus ****its 1st letter**(not initially).
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Then:  … and now: