The phrase "a clever pick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a choice or selection that is smart or insightful, often in contexts like sports, fashion, or decision-making.
Example: "Choosing that book for the club was a clever pick; everyone enjoyed the discussion it sparked."
Alternatives: "a smart choice" or "an astute selection."
From a ruck in the Australia 22, a miss-pass beyond Dane Coles, and a clever pick-up and twist of the body by Conrad Smith allowed Aaron Smith and the eternally available McCaw to feed the rubber-limbed wing for his sixth try of the tournament (two behind the top scorer, another All Black Julian Savea).
Like most Hollywood love stories, the secret affair between Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts and Ray Koval Clive Owenen) begins with the guy spewing some clever pick-up lines -- which Stenwick denies at first.
When we were nearly outside, we watched Ford catch a set wave from a deep position and pick a clever line to thread through a pair of difficult sections.
A clever student might even pick up some extra credit by pointing out that while Orwell meant his book as a kind of predictive warning, it is Huxley's world, much more far-fetched at the time of writing, that now more nearly resembles our own.
It took decades of improvements in detector technology--and the design of a clever experiment--to pick out slight differences in the way kaons and antikaons decayed into several combinations of pions.
"They picked a clever spot for the capital," Mr. Helgason said wryly.
She was more like a clever lawyer, quick at picking up a brief, and mastering all the detail.
They started jamming and really couldn't come up with a name and started jumping around these goofy names, and Chris's mom was reading the book and he thought it was a clever name, so they picked it.
Ranjit's blind dogmatism is a clever foil to Arjan's pick-and-mix attitude towards his cultural heritage.
The booking site GetGoing has a clever solution for flexible travelers called "Pick Two, Get One".
