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Notices European agents (6)

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I believe the answer is:

espies

'notices' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'european agents' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'agents' becomes 'spies' (secret agents).
'e'+'spies'='ESPIES'

(Other definitions for espies that I've seen before include "Spots" , "Sees (archaic)" , "Catches sight of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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