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AI
trade-off
in
methodology
producing
sweets
(3,4)
AI trade-off in methodology producing sweets (3,4)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
The word sweets is the definition, giving us TIC TACS. The wordplay starts with TACTICS (clued by "methodology"), and then "AI trade-off" tells you to swap the positions of the A and the I within the word. In TACTICS, the A is in position 2 and the I is in position 5 — trading them off gives you TICTACS. A neat little substitution clue!