Possible Clues:

• Carve statue with good judgement
• Sculpted statue — that's clever!
• Clever; sharp
• Nobody's fool
• Smart as a whip
• Clever use of statue
• Like one learning in small group maybe, mostly perceptive
• Foxy, like student? No end!
• In the role of an old king, Canute ultimately perceptive
• Wise like undergraduate largely?