The phrase "a clever sort of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is somewhat clever or intelligent in a nuanced way, often implying a degree of ambiguity or subjectivity.
Example: "She had a clever sort of humor that made even the most mundane topics entertaining."
Alternatives: "a witty kind of" or "a smart type of".
"She was a very clever sort of person for Donatella to get for the front row.
In the 1990s their band stood for a cocky, clever sort of dissent and, as Coxon told the Observer, they did not want to say they were back until they knew what they had.
It's clever, sort of, but it also seems as if he's attempting a lot with too little.
Clever, sort of, not really.
It benefits more from the half-clever, sort of obvious conceit of staging a big action set piece in the middle of a science fiction convention full of costumed fans and geeks.
Denison has described the album's sound as just being that of "a rock band", adding "I think we're a very clever, intense sort of spooked-out, dangerous rock band, but still a rock band".
This kind of corporate philanthropy, which marries good works with a clever way of sorting and motivating staff, is undoubtedly catching on.When you press a CEO for details of a company's CSR policies, and for their business rationale, you find that every firm believes that its CSR actions fall in the win-win box.
But Durang's clever concoction — a sort of extended, sometimes heady sitcom — entertains consistently.
Shapcott is grounded and clever, the sort of person you can broach any subject with, yet we've never really talked about her illness.
But the other one in terms of editing, was -- for me, one of my guideposts -- was "Does watching the movie elicit the emotions to me that I was having when I was out there?" We'd cut together some scenes that were clever and sort of revealing or whatever, but something about them would feel false, and I realized what felt false was I wasn't having the same emotion that I had out there.
