Eavesdropping org.

The answer

NSA

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

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 10 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
• U.S. intelligence org. - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• CIA relative - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• 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

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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.

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• Doctors' org. - AMA, used 172 times

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