President's tense after famous spy almost caught by both sides (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29175 | 15 Down | 2023-09-14
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

T (tense) after OO SEVE[n] (James Bond – famous spy, almost) in R L (both sides) – another parsing that took a while and ended up as a ‘favourite’ contender

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