Edward Snowden's former employer

The answer

NSA

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

Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 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.

• CIA (3 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• 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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• Tokyo's former name - EDO, used 50 times
• Former California fort - ORD, used 42 times
• Former Russian space station - MIR, used 42 times
• Former Mideast org. - UAR, used 37 times

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