Answer: CIA
CIA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 454 times.
Referring Clues:
- O.S.S. successor
- Org. once headed by Allen Dulles
- Spies' org.
- Spy org.
- Tom Clancy subj.
- Org. that advises the N.S.C.
- K.G.B.'s cold war foe
- "Harlot's Ghost" subj.
- Fact-gathering grp.
- K.G.B. rival
- Secret employer, maybe
- Iran-contra org.
- Spy's org.
- Cloak-and-dagger org.
- Hush-hush org.
- Org. with secrets
- Spooky place?: Abbr.
- Grp. with informants
- The Company
- "World Factbook" compiler
- Langley outfit
- Bush Sr. headed it
- Org. in Langley, Va.
- Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77
- Org. in "Patriot Games"
- Kind of operation
- Bug group?: Abbr.
- It's based in McLean, Va.
- Secretive org.
- Allen Dulles headed it for eight years under D.D.E.
- Undercover org.
- It has moles: Abbr.
- Intelligence grp.
- The elder Geo. Bush once headed it
- Provision of the Natl. Security Act, 1947
- The World Factbook publisher: Abbr.
- 9/11 Commission subj.
- Info supplier for a natl. security briefing
- Org. with operations
- "The Bourne Supremacy" org.
- Subj. of many conspiracy theories
- Org. formerly headed by Porter Goss
- Snooper's org.
- Org. in the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
- Org. once led by George Bush
- Org. in "The Good Shepherd"
- Grp. known as the Company
- Org. at the center of the 2007 memoir "At the Center of the Storm"
- Subj. of the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
- Org. in "The Bourne Identity"
- Org. in the Bourne series
- Org. in the 1982 film "Enigma"
- "The Company"
- KGB counterpart
- "The Company," for short
- "S*P*Y*S" org.
- Covert U.S. org.
- Org. for spies or chefs
- Snoop gp.
- OSS successor
- Bush Sr.'s former org.
- Spook-y gp.
- George Tenet's org.
- Group based in McLean, Va.
- Org. based in Langley, Va.
- Org. with rats and moles
- Hush-hush DC org.
- Org. once headed by Bush Sr.
- George H.W. Bush headed it
- Spying org.
- Bush Sr. once headed it
- Org. once run by George Bush
- Org. led by Porter Goss
- Org. once headed by G.H.W. Bush
- Langley org.
- Org. based in Langley, Virginia
- Tenet's former org.
- KGB rival
- McLean snoop gp.
- KGB pursuer
- "Men in Black" gp.
- Subj. of "The Good Shepherd"
- Clancy's Company
- Org. once headed by George Bush
- Org. whose website has a "Break the Code" game for kids
- Org. with a "World Factbook"
- Code-cracking govt. org.
- Org. led by Leon Panetta
- Jason Bourne's org.
- Covert fed. group
- Espionage org.
- Plame affair org.
- Covert govt. group
- Org. known as the Company
- Creation of the National Security Act of 1947
- Org. that Porter Goss headed
- "American Dad!" org.
- Its seal has a 16-pointed star
- Virginia creepers?
- Gen. Hayden is its director
- Org. in "Alias"
- Org. in Tom Clancy's "Red Rabbit"
- Org. that released the "family jewels" in June 2007
- Org. in the film "The Good Shepherd"
- Cuban missile crisis org.
- Spy gp.
- Org. in "The Bourne Ultimatum"
- KGB's Cold War rival
- Leon Panetta's org.
- Org. in the 2008 film "Burn After Reading"
- Hush-hush gp. based in Langley, Va.
- Org. created by the 1947 National Security Act
- Michael Hayden's org.
- "The Recruit" org.
- Langley-based gp.
- MI6 : U.K. :: __ : U.S.
- "The World Factbook" publ.
- U.S. equivalent of Britain's MI6
- Covert gp.
- Not a good place for a leak: Abbr.
- "World Factbook" compiler: Abbr.
- Langley, Va., group
- Org. concerned with leaks
- Covert org.
- Porter Goss's org.
- Grp. with moles
- Undercover agcy.
- General Hayden's org.
- Spy-novel org.
- Langley-based grp.
- Spy grp.
- Letters on Bush 41's résumé
- Snoop group
- ''Bourne Identity'' org.
- Goss' grp.
- George Bush once headed it
- Org. with operatives
- George H.W. Bush once headed it
- Spy novel org.
- U.S. spy org.
- American equivalent of Britain's MI6
- Org. once headed by Bush
- Its seal has a star with 16 points
- Org. with moles
- Org. whose seal contains a bald eagle and a compass
- Org. in ''Patriot Games''
- OSS follower
- U.S. spy group
- Org. featured in "The Good Shepherd"
- Letters associated with Tenet
- Langley, Va. grp.
- U.S. espionage org.
- G.H.W.B.'s bailiwick, 1976-1977
- Intel-gathering group
- Valerie Plame's former employer
- Bay of Pigs org.
- Bush once headed it
- Govt. agency
- Org. based in McLean, Va.
- Agcy. once headed by a Bush
- FBI ally
- Former OSS
- Operatives' org.
- U.S. undercover outfit
- Org. in Langley, VA
- Mole user: Abbr.
- World Factbook org.
- Org. once headed by George Tenet
- "Alias" org.
- Org. that deals with rats and moles
- Org. in "Burn After Reading"
- U.S. spy agency
- Org. with Virginia creepers?
- "The World Factbook" publisher
- Org. featured in "Three Days of the Condor"
- KGB rival, once
- Subj. of Stansfield Turner's "Burn Before Reading"
- Org. in Tom Clancy books
- Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr.
- Information-gathering org.
- Org. with covert ops
- Org. based in Langley, VA
- Org. for spies
- Gp. with moles
- Mole employer, maybe (abbr.)
- Org. that employed Jack Ryan
- "Covert Affairs" org.
- Hush-hush fed. gp.
- Espionage gp.
- MI6 : U.K. :: ___ : U.S.
- Bug group?
- "Spy Game" org.
- Langley-based org.
- Tenet's org., once
- "Bourne Identity" org.
- American counterpart of Britain's MI6
- "Fair Game" org.
- Cold War foe of the 45-Down
- U.S. espionage gp.
- M16's American counterpart
- Operation Neptune Spear org.
- "The Bourne Identity" org.
- World Factbook compiler
- Jack Bristow's employer in "Alias"
- Security grp.
- Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book "Ghost Wars"
- Panetta's org.
- World Factbook publisher, in brief
- "Legacy of Ashes" recounts its history
- Espionage grp.
- Hush-hush letters
- "Three Days of the Condor" org.
- Org. in Tom Clancy novels
- "The Company," briefly
- Org. in many spy movies
- Operative's org.
- Spy novel grp.
- US spy org.
- 'Bourne Identity' org.
- 'Spy Game' org.
- KGB's rival
- Snoop group, for short
- "The Good Shepherd" org.
- Snoop group: Abbr.
- Snoop group. for short
- 'Alias' org.
- 'The Company'
- Snoop grp.
- Spy-novel grp.
- U.S. spy grp.
- Bush's old org.
- 'The Com-pany'
- Org. in spy novels
- U.S. spy gp.
- 'S*P*Y*S' org.
- Gp. whose museum features the SPY-Fi Archives
- "World Factbook" producer
- Cold War KGB rival
- Cold War foe of 48-Down
- Black ops org.
- Bad place to have a leak, briefly
- The Company, for short
- Langley letters
- Org. spoofed in "American Dad!"
- Org. in Robert Ludlum novels
- Operation Cyclone org.
- Operation Mongoose org.
- Geo. H. W. Bush once ran it
- OSS supplanter
- OSS replacer
- Hush-hush gp.
- KGB's cold war foe
- Espionage letters
- MI6 : Britain :: ___ : U.S.
- Spooks' org.
- Mole trainer: abbr.
- Spy novel org., sometimes
- Cloak and dagger grp.
- FBI counterpart
- Successor of the OSS
- Valerie Plame scandal org.
- "Homeland" org.
- Org. once helmed by Helms
- Petraeus's former org.
- Publisher of a World Leaders online directory
- Employer of spies: Abbr.
- Jack Ryan's org.
- "American Dad!" employer
- "World Factbook" publisher
- "Argo" org.
- Surveillance org.
- Org. in the "Bourne" series
- Covert ops gp.
- Org. based in Langley, Virg.
- "Zero Dark Thirty" org.
- The sculpture "Kryptos" sits outside its hdqrs.
- Possible coup instigator, for short
- Org. whose headquarters is named for George Bush
- Org. in Clancy novels
- Valerie Plame scandal gp.
- Mole employer, maybe
- Carrie's org. on "Homeland"
- Org. in "Argo"
- Affleck employer in "Argo"
- Jack Ryan employer
- "Argo" employer
- 75 Down employer
- "Charlie Wilson's War" org.
- "The Firm," to agents
- Clandestine org.
- Org. whose seal has a bald eagle and a compass
- Parent org. of the Counterterrorism Center
- Bush led it for about a yr. in the '70s
- Org. in many Tom Clancy novels
- Valerie Plame's old org.
- "Bourne" org.
- Operative's employer
- Grp. with the Office of Iraq Analysis
- Its HQ is named for George Bush
- American spy org.
- Grp. with many operations
- Org. featured in "Syriana"
- Operation specialist
- Lead-in to a 2000s "-gate"
- "Burn Notice" grp.
- "Profiles in Leadership" publisher, briefly
- Clandestine government org.
- Hush-hush fed. org.
- Intel-gathering grp.
- Felix Leiter's org., in Bond films
- Cloak-and-dagger government gp.
- Natl. interest watchdog
- Org. in 'Homeland'
- Intelligence org.
- Secretive government agency
- Decoder ring, for short?
- Jason Bourne employer
- Org. in "Homeland"
- Subject of many conspiracy theories
- Undercover gp.
- Org. in many spy novels
- Black-ops org.
- OSS replacement
- Org. in many a spy thriller
- Agency Stan worked for on "American Dad!"
- World Factbook publisher, for short
- The Company, in govt. lingo
- Country Comparisons compiler
- Today's OSS
- K.G.B. adversary
- American espionage org.
- Snoop group, in brief
- Covert org. in "Argo"
- US Intelligence org.
- Government spy org.
- Certain spy org.
- 'Homeland' org.
- US espionage org.
- 52 Down's employer
- U.S. snoop gp.
- Cloak-and-dagger U.S. org.
- Spy org. in "Argo"
- Employer whose workers don't discuss their jobs much, in short
- Secretive U.S. org.
- Stan's employer on "American Dad!"
- Publisher of world-nation maps
- Supersecretive U.S. org.
- Secret agent org.
- "The World Factbook" org.
- Spy agcy.
- Org. of many spies
- U.S. spook agcy.
- Org. in Jason Bourne movies
- "Patriot Games" org.
- Spy org. in Virginia
- Spy outfit, for short
- Org. with HQ named for George Bush
- It seeks intelligence
- Security briefing org.
- Group with moles in Virginia?
- Mole employer
- Org. once headed by Leon Panetta
- Spy org. created under Truman
- Fact-gathering org.
- Spooky grp.?
- Org. headed by Bush 41
- Spy-fi employer
- Spook group
- Clandestine U.S. org.
- Cousin of MI6 in spy stories
- Big-time spy grp.
- Mike Pompeo's org.
- Secretive government org.
- George Tenet's "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the ___"
- Spying grp.
- James Woolsey's org.
- Spooks' den
- Spy org. called "The Company"
- KGB's Cold War counterpart
- W. Webster's gp.
- "Argo" spy gp.
- Grp. that once plotted against Fidel Castro
- U.S. snooper grp.
- Subject of lots of Clancy plots
- KGB competitor
- Spook grp.
- Gp. with spies
- Its Twitter debut: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet"
- It has moles
- Where a mole shouldn't be, in brief
- Org. in 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War"
- Org. with black ops
- Org. with many operations
- Moles of Virginia
- Org. concerned with bugs and plants
- Its HQ is named for George H.W. Bush
- Org. with agents
- Undercover grp.
- Org. hidden in "special ops"
- Org. where one needs a security clearance to work
- Org. behind the Bay of Pigs invasion
- "The Enemy Within" org.
- Grp. that can declassify documents
- Org. with a World Factbook
- Top-secret org.
- Federal snoop group
- Org. hunting Jason Bourne
- MI6 counterpart
- Org. with code-named programs
- "Men in black" gp., some say
- Org. with a classified budget
- Its HQ contains a sculpture with a still-unsolved coded message
- Org. in Showtime's "Homeland"
- KGB adversary, once
- Valerie Plame's org. in 2003's Plame affair
- Org. once led by Bush 41
- Shadowy org.
- Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief
- "Argo" spy org.
- Org. that tweets spot-the-difference puzzles
- Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity"
- See 59-Down
- U.S. counterpart to Britain's MI6
- Cyber ops grp.
- Org. in "Zero Dark Thirty"
- Org. with 1-Across
- Bad place for a mole, for short
- School with Baking and Pastry Arts degrees, for short
- Rival of the 62-Down
- Spy org. that trained Dan Freeman
- Spy org. linked to abstract expressionism
- Org. whose "I" stands for "Intelligence"
- Jack Ryan org.
- Snoopy grp.
- Spy-fi org.
- Org. with many overseas workers
- Org. behind some black ops
- Intelligence org. in the Susan Williams book "White Malice"
- "Homeland" gp.
- Langley-based spy grp.
- Sch. based in Hyde Park, N.Y.
- Intel-gathering org.
- Chef-training sch. based in N.Y.
- M16s US counterpart
- Bourne's employer in "The Bourne Identity," in brief
- Spy org. in "Alias"
- Secretive org
- Snoopy group, for short
- Org. whose HQ is home to the unsolved puzzle sculpture Kryptos
- Jack Ryan's org. in "The Hunt for Red October"
- Employer of Carrie Mathison on "Homeland," for short
- Org. for Melissa McCarthy's "Spy" character
- Sch. whose alumni include Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi
- K.G.B. rival during the Cold War
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