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So transmit these intermittently for secretive organisation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stasi

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'secretive organisation' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'so transmit these intermittently' is the wordplay.
'these intermittently' indicates alternate letters.
'so'+'transmit'='sotransmit'
The alternate letters of 'sotransmit' are 'STASI'.

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(Other definitions for stasi that I've seen before include "Force behind Wall" , "Former German security service" , "Force that spied" , "Secret police of the former German Democratic Republic" , "old secret service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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