ingenious

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(of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas and methods:

an ingenious idea/method/solution

Johnny is so ingenious - he can make the most remarkable sculptures from the most ordinary materials.

(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems:

an ingenious engineer/songwriter

She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.