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Green cat set out to get mole (6,5)

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I believe the answer is:

secret agent

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'mole' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'green cat set out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'green'+'cat'+'set'='greencatset'
'greencatset' with letters rearranged gives 'SECRET AGENT'.

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for secret agent that I've seen before include "007 - centre stage (anag)" , "Spy" , "Conrad character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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