Spook failing with men badly (3,7)

I believe the answer is:

ian fleming

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'spook failing with men badly' is the definition.
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'failing with men badly' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'failing' after 'men' is 'menfailing'.
'menfailing' with letters rearranged gives 'IAN FLEMING'.

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(Other definitions for ian fleming that I've seen before include ""Goldfinger" author" , "writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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