Without being seen, a French ped’s collapsed over one (8)

I believe the answer is:

unespied

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'without being' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'a french ped's collapsed over one' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'une' ('a' in French).
'collapsed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'peds' with letters rearranged gives 'sped'.
'sped' going around 'i' is 'spied'.
'une'+'spied'='UNESPIED'

'seen' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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