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Smart agent grabbing short sleep (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snappy

'smart' is the definition.
(snappy can mean smartly dressed)

'agent grabbing short sleep' is the wordplay.
'agent' becomes 'spy' (spy is a kind of agent).
'grabbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'short sleep' becomes 'nap' (a nap is a short sleep; 'short' asks for a short form).
'spy' placed around 'nap' is 'SNAPPY'.

(Other definitions for snappy that I've seen before include "Informally brisk" , "Quick(-tempered)" , "(Make it) quick" , "Instantaneous" , "as a croc?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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