O.S.S. successor

The answer

CIA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CIA answer page.

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CIA

Every other clue in this collection answered by CIA, most used first.

• Spy org. - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Espionage org. - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• "Homeland" org. - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Spying org. - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Langley org. - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• OSS successor - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Company" - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
• Cloak-and-dagger org. - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• U.S. spy org. - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Covert org. - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Spy novel org. - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Hush-hush org. - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• KGB counterpart - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Secretive org. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Bourne Identity" org. - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• U. S. agency - used 14 times, most recently in 1977
• Undercover org. - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• "Argo" org. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Spy grp. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Bourne Supremacy" org. - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Snoop group - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Clandestine org. - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Langley-based org. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• U.S. spy gp. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• U.S. undercover outfit - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Valerie Plame's former employer - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• "Alias" org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Jack Ryan's org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Spy gp. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Tom Clancy subj. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• U.S. spy group - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Covert fed. group - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Espionage grp. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Govt. agency - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Snoop grp. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Spy's org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• FDR's successor - HST, used 54 times
• LBJ's successor - RMN, used 45 times
• JFK's successor - LBJ, used 40 times
• FDR successor - HST, used 38 times
• HST's successor - DDE, used 38 times
• USSR successor - CIS, used 33 times

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