Criminal spied rare hangings (9)

I believe the answer is:

draperies

'hangings' is the definition.
(things which have been hung or draped)

'criminal spied rare' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'spied'+'rare'='spiedrare'
'spiedrare' with letters rearranged gives 'DRAPERIES'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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