### Clue: Spies did initially capture barber! Wrongly caught? (8)
### Answer: MISHEARD 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Wrongly caught
 [ MI(abbrev. for "military intelligence";spies collectively, the likes of MI5 and MI6 in Britain) + **1st letter of**(… initially) "did" ] **containing**(capture) SHEAR(to cut;to barber).
Defn: …. by your sense of hearing.