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Bharat, I didn't bother with your clue itself - I just like looking things up in dictionaries!

CIA doesn’t really work for agent, either. It’s the organisation. You have the right definition. Shorten a 2-letter word for match, then append an anagram of agent

Sorry, too slow and refresh didn’t work. It’s a 3-letter word for match that needs shortening, as Mattrom correctly identifies

Mattrom and Quisling, great to see the real answer - and I feel there's nothing to moan about with that clue!

Thanks Mattrom, quisling and malone for the guidance. I could get the word. Looks simple after your parsing.

Please help me in parsing / solving this cryptic clue -
"Stray cat wasting time chasing train of thread (7)"
I thought def: stray - DIGRESS, cat is TIGRESS wasting Time (-T) and chasing, train of thread is D ?
Is the above parsing correct? especially train of thread as D. Please help me

Sounds good, Bharat. Chambers dictionary has a definition of 'train' as 'a tail'. So, the last letter of 'thread' is the D

Thanks mattrom for the prompt clarification. Got the correct answer.

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Please help me in parsing / solving this cryptic clue -
"She performs with a couple of birds, having no work (7)