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It's capable of bringing the viewers together to spy on informer (3,7)

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I believe the answer is:

eye contact

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'it's capable of bringing the viewers together to spy' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'on informer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'on' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for eye contact that I've seen before include "direct observation?" , "Communication" , "Exchange of views" , "shared vision" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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