| Watched very good journalist following lead for story (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Rescues from the said icy weather (5) |
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| Sat behind a bush with a pair of binoculars, say |
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| Watched surreptitiously |
LA Times Mini |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Saw and bolted one in (5) |
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| Had a secretive look |
|
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| Saw, despite the head being turned (5) |
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| Did what James Bond does? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Seen to have rushed round the medical centre (5) |
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| ___ on; watched from hiding |
|
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| Observed the Southerner in various colours |
|
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| Saw a side-turning with parking in (5) |
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| Went on a top-secret mission |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Carried out surveillance: - on |
|
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| Saw the despicable crooked head (5) |
|
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| Gathered some intel |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Worked as a secret agent |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Seen or s-spotted (5) |
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| Saw the pies being cooked - a large number (5) |
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| Observed I had scorched the outside (5) |
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| Worked for the C.I.A., perhaps |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Acted as a person of intelligence? (5) |
|
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| Gathered intel |
Universal |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Watched in secret |
|
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| Discovered hot curry initially taken away (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Ran one through: was an enemy agent (5) |
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| Worked in espionage (5) |
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| Secretly probed inside enemy defences, initially |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Was involved in espionage (5) |
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| Caught sight of |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Watched secretly from the side, in disguise and keeping quiet (5) |
|
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| Saw one and ran to embrace (5) |
|
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| Having seen one coming in, ran (5) |
|
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| Saw one located in shot (5) |
|
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| Eavesdropped |
Universal |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Worked for MI5, say |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Spotted - small and spotted (5) |
|
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| Kept an eye on as one flew around (5) |
|
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| Covertly kept watch (on) |
The Times Concise |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Rushed out of the way with rapidity (5) |
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| I hurried outside and collected private information (5) |
|
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| Witnessed and ran one in (5) |
|
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| Saw and ran to snatch a single (5) |
|
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| Saw inside, playing the piano |
|
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| Was a double agent, e.g. |
|
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| Having hurried round, I watched unseen (5) |
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| I raced around and looked |
|
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| Observed covertly (5) |
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| Did some recon work |
|
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| I sped off and looked secretly at it (5) |
|
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| Saw what the mole did (5) |
|
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| I hurried out and was seen (5) |
|
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| Current should be introduced to belted saw |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Saw the spider hadn't finished weaving (5) |
|
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| Observed unnoticed |
|
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| What Philby and Maclean did (5) |
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| Worked for the 40-Across, maybe |
Universal |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Saw I had scorched the outside (5) |
|
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| Noticed I raced round |
|
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| Worked for a secret service |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Worked for a secret service (5) |
|
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| Acted as James Bond? |
|
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| Worked undercover |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Entertained by second daughter, chatterer passed on secrets |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Engaged in espionage |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Caught |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2023 |
| One trapped in belted saw |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Noticed |
The Washington Post |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Noticed |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Worked as a secret agent |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Worked as a secret agent |
Universal |
18 Feb 2022 |
| Watched secretly |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Did some surveillance |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Saw moved fast around beginning of incision |
|
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| Went undercover |
The Washington Post |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Went undercover |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Caught |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Used intelligence? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 May 2021 |
| Did a detective's work, say |
|
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| Worked as a secret agent |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Saw baked dish in the outskirts of Secunderabad |
|
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| Used bugs, perhaps |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Used bugs, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Caught sight of |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Saw cottage, for example, within Scotland's borders |
|
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| Caught sight of |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Did undercover work |
The Washington Post |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Did undercover work |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Sought secrets |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Engaged in espionage |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Saw son and daughter eating food |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 May 2020 |
| Watched secretly |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 May 2020 |
| Observed secretly |
New York Times |
18 May 2020 |
| Did intelligence work |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Secretly watched |
|
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| Watched secretly |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Watched secretly |
The Washington Post |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Used a tap, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Was an agent, say |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Saw race where India obliterates English |
|
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| Did secret agent work |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2019 |
| Went undercover, like 007 |
|
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| Small daughter consuming pie was secret agent |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Watched surreptitiously |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Apr 2019 |
| Laid eyes on |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Noticed spades, multi-coloured |
|
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| Detected |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Spotted |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Was an agent, say |
|
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| Spotted |
|
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| Sighted |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Caught sight of |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Emulated Mata Hari |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Gathered intelligence |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2018 |
| Gathered intelligence |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2018 |
| Gathered intelligence (on) |
New York Times |
20 May 2018 |
| Saw son and daughter without food |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2018 |
| Observed secretly |
Premier Sunday |
06 May 2018 |
| Did CIA work |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Sought secrets, in a way |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Went undercover, like 007 |
|
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| Gathered intelligence (on) |
|
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| Gathered intelligence |
|
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| Caught sight of |
|
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| Did a mole's work |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2017 |
| Caught sight of |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2017 |
| Was a mole |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Watched closely |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Watched closely |
The Washington Post |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Was a secret agent |
The Times Concise |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Emulated James Bond |
Universal |
27 Apr 2017 |
| Saw momentum when I replaced initial energy |
|
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| Watched closely |
|
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| Emulated James Bond |
|
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| Did a mole's work |
|
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| Was a mole |
|
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| Was in the Bond trade? |
Universal |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Was a secret agent |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Spotted |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2016 |
| Sought intel |
Universal |
08 May 2016 |
| Acted the mole |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2016 |
| Caught a glimpse of |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Planted bugs, say |
USA Today |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Observed leading Scotsmen like a piper |
|
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| Made like a mole |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2016 |
| Caught sight of |
The Washington Post |
06 Jan 2016 |
| Spotted |
|
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| Spotted |
Canadiana |
06 Jul 2015 |
| Invaded someone's privacy |
New York Times |
14 May 2015 |
| Invaded someone's privacy |
|
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| Worked for MI6 |
|
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| Employed a keyhole |
|
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| Gathered intelligence |
|
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| Caught sight of |
|
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| Noticed |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Worked undercover |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Worked undercover |
|
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| Emulated Harriet |
|
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| Saw |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
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| Watched secretly |
|
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| Was a mole |
|
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| Emulated George Smiley |
|
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| Spotted |
|
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| Emulated Bond |
|
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| Laid eyes on |
|
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| Looked through a knothole, say |
|
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| Peeked through a keyhole |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Looked through a knothole, say |
|
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| Made out |
|
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| Did a Smart thing? |
|
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| Spotted |
|
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| Eavesdropped, perhaps |
|
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| Emulated Bond |
|
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| Spotted |
|
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| Emulated Bond |
|
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| Watched furtively, with "on" |
|
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| Entered the Bond trade? |
|
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| Did secret-agent work |
|
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| Dug around, like a mole |
|
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| Watched furtively, with "on" |
|
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| Worked furtively |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
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| Emulated a 29-Down |
|
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| Was on a stakeout |
|
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| Acted as a mole |
|
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| Emulated a 29-Down |
|
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| Worked for M |
|
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| Saw |
|
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| Sought intelligence |
|
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| Caught sight of |
|
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| Emulated Mata Hari |
|
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| Acted the mole |
|
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| Emulated moles |
|
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| Watched from seclusion |
|
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| Bugged, with "on" |
|
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| Dug around, like a mole |
|
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| Did undercover work |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Acted the mole |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
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| Engaged in espionage |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
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| Acted the mole |
|
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| Was a double agent |
|
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| Caught sight of |
|
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| Took a peek |
|
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| Worked for the CIA, perhaps |
|
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| Did "Mission Impossible" work |
|
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| Emulated 007 |
|
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| Worked behind enemy lines |
|
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| Was a mole, perhaps |
|
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| Caught a look at |
|
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| Hale did it |
|
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| Peeked, in secret |
|
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| Did undercover work |
|
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| Used a peephole |
|
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| Gathered information, perhaps |
|
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| Emulated Bond |
|
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| Did a mole's job |
|
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| Caught a look at |
|
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| Gained intelligence |
|
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| Acted like Hale |
|
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| Spotted |
|
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| Emulated a mole |
|
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| Went undercover |
|
|
| Employed a keyhole |
|
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| Gathered intelligence |
|
|
| Looked in (on) |
|
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| Caught sight of |
|
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| Watched secretly |
|
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| Did some scouting |
|
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| Emulated Donovan |
|
|
| What Aldrich Ames did |
|
|
| Used binoculars, maybe |
|
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| Did "Mission: Impossible" work |
|
|
| Did moles' work |
|
|
| Snooped |
|
|
| Worked for the C.I.A. |
|
|
| Emulated Hari |
|
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| Emulated Harvey Birch |
|
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| Caught sight of |
|
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| Looked through keyholes |
|
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| Played the mole |
|
|
| Emulated Joshua and Caleb |
|
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| Caught a glimpse of |
|
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| Descried |
|
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| Peeped |
|
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| Emulated Mata Hari |
|
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| Spotted |
|
|
| Worked for the K.G.B. |
|
|
| Kept a secret watch on |
|
|
| Emulated Caleb |
|
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| Discovered |
|
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| Reconnoitered |
|
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| Glimpsed |
|
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| Did secret work |
|
|
| Worked with Mata Hari |
|
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| Helped Mata Hari |
|
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| Saw |
|
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| Gumshoed |
|
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| Served secretly |
|
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| Caught sight of. |
|
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| Watched. |
|
|
| What Ashendon did. |
|
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| Saw. |
|
|
| Acted clandestinely. |
|
|
| Emulated Mr. Bond. |
|
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| Observed. |
|
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| Peeped. |
|
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| Surveyed through a keyhole. |
|
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| Kept watch. |
|
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| Beheld. |
|
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| Pussyfooted around. |
|
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| Snooped. |
|
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| What the secret agents did. |
|
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| Did an 007 job. |
|
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| Descried. |
|
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| Discovered. |
|
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| Perceived. |
|
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| Did undercover work. |
|
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| Noticed. |
|
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