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Secretly listens in on (bugs) (7)

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earwigs

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(Other definitions for earwigs that I've seen before include "Elongated insects" , "listens in furtively" , "Insect with pincers" , "Eavesdrops on the insects" , "Bugs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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