CIA relative
The crossword clue "CIA relative" is answered by NSA, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NSA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NSA answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NSA
Every other clue in this collection answered by NSA, most used first.
- Code-cracking org. - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Hush-hush org. - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Code-breaking org. - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Intelligence org. - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Secretive org. - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Surveillance org. - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Code-breaking gp. - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Intel org. - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Eavesdropping org. - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- U.S. intelligence org. - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Cryptanalysis org. - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Top-secret org. - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- "Snowden" org. - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Cybersecurity org. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Govt. intel org. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Hush-hush grp. - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Covert org. - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Decryption org. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Top-secret govt. org. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hush-hush govt. org. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Secretive govt. org. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- DOD intel arm - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Govt. code crackers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Secretive government org. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- U.S. intel org. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Edward Snowden's former employer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Secret org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- "The Puzzle Palace" org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- U.S. intelligence organization - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Citizenfour" org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- DOD division - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Govt. code breakers - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Govt. intelligence org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Secretive U.S. org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Ultrasecret org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- CIA forerunner - OSS, used 180 times
- Reggae relative - SKA, used 158 times
- CIA predecessor - OSS, used 105 times
- CIA precursor - OSS, used 55 times
- Moose relative - ELK, used 52 times
- Ostrich relative - EMU, used 49 times
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