Old switchboard pro Crossword Clue

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Old switchboard pro Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
2. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SWITCHBOARD (noun)
1. telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
OLD (adjective)
1. skilled through long experience
2. belonging to some prior time
OLD (noun)
1. past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old’)

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