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Agile agent has just left (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprightly

'agile' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'agent has just left' is the wordplay.
'agent' becomes 'spy' (spy is a kind of agent).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'just' becomes 'right' (similar in meaning).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'right'+'l'='rightl'
'spy' enclosing 'rightl' is 'SPRIGHTLY'.

(Other definitions for sprightly that I've seen before include "Lively" , "Moving nimbly" , "Active" , "Agile" , "Vivacious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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