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Secret agent (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spy

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">secret agent</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(spy is a kind of secret agent)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for spy that I've seen before include "Catch sight of" , "Glimpse" , "Notice" , "Spot" , "One gathers information surreptitiously" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, the LA Times, the Penny Press, The Mirror, the USA Today, the King Feature Syndicate, The Times, the Evening Standard, The Irish Times, the Newsday and the Universal.
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