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Spies on the Greek Underworld briefly by protecting the viewers? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

eyeshade

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'spies on the greek' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'underworld briefly by protecting the viewers?' is the wordplay.
'underworld' becomes 'hades' ('Hades' can be a synonym of 'underworld').
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'protecting the viewers?' becomes 'eyes' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hades' with its final letter taken off is 'hade'.
'hade' after 'eyes' is 'EYESHADE'.

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(Other definitions for eyeshade that I've seen before include "Translucent visor" , "something like CAP" , "Visor worn by card-players" , "Protective visor" , "Sun visor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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