Bond’s enemies succeeded — runs into snare (6)
I believe the answer is:
smersh
'bond's enemies' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'succeeded runs into snare' is the wordplay.
'succeeded' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation).
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'snare' becomes 'mesh' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'r' going inside 'mesh' is 'mersh'.
's'+'mersh'='SMERSH'
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