Hush-hush org.
The crossword clue "Hush-hush org." is answered by CIA, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CIA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CIA answer page.
Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- THENSA (1 uses in xd)
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