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Sea Pigeon revived? It's spooky! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

espionage

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'it's spooky' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sea pigeon revived?' is the wordplay.
'revived?' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'sea'+'pigeon'='seapigeon'
'seapigeon' is an anagram of 'ESPIONAGE'.

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(Other definitions for espionage that I've seen before include "intelligence" , "undercover work" , "seeking information" , "Practice of spying" , "hush-hush work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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