Wartime agency.
The crossword clue "Wartime agency." is answered by OSS, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1969; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OSS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OSS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1969; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 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.
- ODT (1 uses in xd)
- WPB (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OSS, most used first.
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- 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
- 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
- Forerunner of the CIA - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- 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
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.
- W.W. II agency - OPA, used 34 times
- Justice Dept. agency - FBI, used 29 times
- Wartime agency. - OPA, used 27 times
- U.N. agency - ILO, used 24 times
- Justice Dept. agency - ATF, used 21 times
- Treasury Dept. agency - IRS, used 21 times
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