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Allege friend oddly looked like a creep (6)

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I believe the answer is:

leered

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'looked like a creep' is the definition.
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'allege friend oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'allege'+'friend'='allegefriend'
The alternate letters of 'allegefriend' are 'LEERED'.

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(Other definitions for leered that I've seen before include "Looked or stared lasciviously" , "Gazed at lasciviously" , "Look suggestively" , "gave a nasty look" , "Looked and smiled lasciviously" .)

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