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Secret signal (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intimate

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This might be a double definition.

'secret' is the first definition.
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'signal' is the second definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for intimate that I've seen before include "Give hint to close friend?" , "Personal - hint - friend" , "Thick" , "Infer; personal" , "Sharing a close and affectionate friendship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
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