"A clever adaptation, Mr. Scott," Spock said with genuine appreciation.

'The clever adaptation of classical elegance and the return of the set will play a major part in the 1992 glamour look.'

We found a clever do-it-yourself adaptation of the "Up-down" toy in combination with a fairly generally available medical device.

You children have made some clever adaptations.

The performance was a clever and witty adaptation of Ibsen's "Peer Gynt."

He told me that bats' fluttery, seemingly erratic flight pattern is actually a clever adaptation allowing them to match an insect's flight.

In 1824 he produced Fiesque, a clever adaptation of Schiller's Fiesco.

The size and placement of the windows are, in fact, a further instance of clever adaptation to Draconian ordinances.

"Pebble mulching was a clever agricultural adaptation for increasing crop yields and reducing water consumption," Mr. Lightfoot said.

Much of his success was due to a clever adaptation of classical and historical subjects to his criticisms of modern life.