That sense of using your wits and a little bit of brawn to get out of peril, danger or any kind of threat."

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Rules took a backseat to the role-playing and the story, and the DM had to use his wits to keep the game chugging along.

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In Thief, our antihero, Garrett, will have to use his wits to navigate the City, a dark steampunk world (what, you thought Dishonored was unique?) with a dash of medieval Europe.

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Using your wits to become stinking rich in the global economy is more often, perhaps even generally, a less scholarly affair.

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