Covert agents
The crossword clue "Covert agents" is answered by SPIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 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 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 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.
- Secret agents - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Le Carre characters - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Undercover agents - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Cloak-and-dagger types - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Spooks - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- 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
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.
- Double agents - MOLES, used 26 times
- DEA agents - NARCS, used 21 times
- Ripening agents - AGERS, used 11 times
- Gelling agents - AGARS, used 8 times
- Covert meeting - TRYST, used 7 times
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