Embedded spy
The crossword clue "Embedded spy" is answered by MOLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOLE answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for MOLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOLE, most used first.
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- Burrowing mammal - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Breakwater. - used 35 times, most recently in 1997
- Beauty mark - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Burrowing animal - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Burrowing critter - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Sleeper agent - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Beauty spot - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Lawn burrower - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Lawn pest - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Jetty. - used 15 times, most recently in 1990
- Lawn tunneler - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Spy on the inside - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Infiltrator - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Mexican sauce flavored with chocolate - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sleeper spy - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Spy - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Yard pest - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Counterspy - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Marilyn Monroe feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Burrowing beast - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- "The Wind in the Willows" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Birthmark - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Burrowing insectivore - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Long-term spy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Subterranean pest - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Underground figure? - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Spy Mata - HARI, used 43 times
- Spy Aldrich - AMES, used 18 times
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- Spy name - HARI, used 13 times
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- Robert of "I Spy" - CULP, used 9 times
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