Itinerant seen in Virginia, then Georgia, by secret agent (8)

I believe the answer is:

vagabond

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'itinerant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'virginia then georgia by secret agent' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'then' says to put letters next to each other.
'georgia' becomes 'ga'.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'secret agent' becomes 'bond' (James Bond. I am not sure about the 'secret' bit.**).
'va'+'ga'+'bond'='VAGABOND'

'seen in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for vagabond that I've seen before include "Tramp" , "Homeless wanderer" , "One having no settled home" , "An idle or dishonest vagrant" , "An idle or dishonest wanderer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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