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A person of intelligence no doubt (6,5)

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I believe the answer is:

secret agent

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'a person' is the definition.
(secret agent is a kind of person)

'intelligence no doubt' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'intelligence' could be 'gen' and 'gen' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for secret agent that I've seen before include "Conrad character" , "007 - centre stage (anag)" , "Spy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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