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Answer for the clue "Mischievous sprite ", 7 letters:
gremlin

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gremlin (born Kondrati Topolov ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Although initially an adversary of the Hulk , Gremlin is killed in battle with Iron Man during the Armor Wars .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery. 2 (context by extension English) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.

Usage examples of gremlin.

Imagine armies of tiny RFID spoofers and jammers set loose to roam, to mimic codes they encounter, and to inject RFID gremlins throughout their random travels.

Though the outboard motors were meticulously maintained by Tall Man, all outboards harbored gremlins and could seize up and stop at any moment for no apparent reason.

They stopped only once between the monster-ridden shores of Frostingdung and the Gulf of Gremlins, and that was far out to sea.

The cars are the beater first cars kids drive in high school: Gremlins and Pacers, Mavericks and Hornets, Pintos, International Harvester pickup trucks, lowered Camaros and Dusters and Impalas.

Five minutes later, Corrie was nosing the Gremlin down the narrow, rutted track that was known locally as the powerline road.

The gremlins are in engineering the actuating sorcery and the support systems.

She fiddled with her camera again as she sat on the hood of the Gremlin, glancing up as Wendy donned the white linen robe and sat facing the incense holder at the east compass point of the circle.

For whatever reason, maybe just the gremlins that invariably plagued every project, this time the computer showed a break in the electrical current in the trigger mechanisms.

He had the time to wait while the gremlins were exorcised from Durani's jinnetic engineering scheme.

He had the time to wait whfle the gremlins were exorcised from Durani's jinnetic engtaeering scheme.

She'd bet Gremlin Infestation wasn't a discharge diagnosis that Medicare, Medicaid, or Blue Cross/Blue Shield would be willing to pay for.

So they went along in their pokey fashion, the weirdly shaped Gremlin making rolling stops at traffic signs and the Eldorado, a little bit later, doing the same.

Pendergast took her arm and steered her gently but firmly away, and before she could recover they were out of the corn and on the narrow dirt service road beside her Gremlin.