Cloak-and-dagger types
The crossword clue "Cloak-and-dagger types" is answered by SPIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPIES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPIES answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPIES, most used first.
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- Undercover agents - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Covert agents - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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- Agents - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Double agents - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Some agents - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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