Forerunner of the CIA
The crossword clue "Forerunner of the CIA" is answered by OSS, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OSS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OSS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OSS, most used first.
- CIA forerunner - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- CIA predecessor - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- CIA precursor - used 55 times, most recently in 2018
- C.I.A. forerunner - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- C.I.A. predecessor - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- CIA's forerunner - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Old spy org. - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- CIA's predecessor - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- W. W. II group - used 16 times, most recently in 1980
- W.W. II agency - used 14 times, most recently in 1981
- WWII spy gp. - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Wartime agency. - used 10 times, most recently in 1969
- 1942 FDR creation - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- C.I.A.'s forerunner - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- C.I.A.'s predecessor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- CIA's precursor - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Old spy gp. - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Wartime group. - used 9 times, most recently in 1969
- WWII spy org. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- W.W. II spy org. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- 1940s spy org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Pre-CIA spy org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- W.W. II org. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- WWII intelligence agency - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- WWII org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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