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Conceal undercover agent that's been discovered twice (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

secrete

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'conceal' is the definition.
(I know that secrete is a kind of conceal)

'undercover agent that's been discovered twice' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'undercover' could be 'secret' (synonyms) and 'secret' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for secrete that I've seen before include "Hide or conceal an object" , "squirrel" , "Cache" , "Release bodily fluid" , "Hide; as gland does" .)

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