Exclamation of mild surprise (3)

I believe the answer is:

gee

(Other definitions for gee that I've seen before include "Exclamation of surprise" , "Golly" , "Alphabet's seventh letter" , "crumbs" , "Gosh" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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