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Grand duke catching pike took quick look (7)

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I believe the answer is:

glanced

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'took quick look' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'grand duke catching pike' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'catching' is an insertion indicator.
'pike' becomes 'lance' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'g'+'d'='gd'
'gd' going around 'lance' is 'GLANCED'.

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(Other definitions for glanced that I've seen before include "Looked briefly or bounced off" , "Glimpsed" , "Looked quickly" , "Peeked" , "Took a quick look" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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