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Soldier on CIA manoeuvre sees suspicious person (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paranoiac

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'suspicious person' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'soldier on cia manoeuvre' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'para' (paratrooper).
'manoeuvre' indicates an anagram.
'on'+'cia'='oncia'
'oncia' is an anagram of 'noiac'.
'para'+'noiac'='PARANOIAC'

'sees' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for paranoiac that I've seen before include "Person suffering from delusions of persecution" , "Sufferer from desusions of grandeur or persecution" , "Delusional" , "behaving irrationally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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