Spies succeeded on centre stage, bizarrely (6,6)

I believe the answer is:

secret agents

'spies' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'succeeded on centre stage bizarrely' is the wordplay.
'succeeded' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'bizarrely' is an anagram indicator.
'centre'+'stage'='centrestage'
'centrestage' anagrammed gives 'ecretagents'.
's'+'ecretagents'='SECRET AGENTS'

(Another definition for secret agents that I've seen is " Spies".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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