The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CICADA
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More clues leading to the result CICADA
- Bug spies used to trap villain
- One villain in California is a chirpy type
- Flier spies treacherous guy breaking in
- Producer of drone group of spies used to trap villain
- Nasty chap that spies must detain or bug
- Scoundrel in American intelligence finds bug
- Chirpy fellow, not a gentleman to be impressed by intelligence
- Cold island, country without an insect
- Scoundrel getting berth in secret service. It’s just not cricket?
- Thoracic adaptation partly identifies insect
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The straight part
We know that "It’s just not cricket?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s just not cricket? = cicada.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CICADA mean?
CICADA noun- Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.