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45 total results for KGB( score: 50 )
35 results for KGB from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Aug 24, 2023 | 5A | Black Widow's former org. | Robin Yu | Shortz |
Fri Sep 9, 2022 | 24A | Org. that "Moscow Centre" represents in George Smiley novels | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
Thu Jun 9, 2022 | 46A | Cold War inits. (3) | Dan Ziring | Shortz |
Sat Apr 9, 2022 | 38D | Cold War inits. (3) | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
Sat Aug 28, 2021 | 62D | "Bridge of Spies" org. | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Wed Jul 21, 2021 | 1D | Cold War inits. (3) | Alex Vratsanos | Shortz |
Mon Feb 22, 2021 | 53A | U.S.S.R. intelligence org. | Barbara Lin | Shortz |
Wed Dec 30, 2020 | 40D | Illya Kuryakin's org. in the film "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." | Kate Hawkins | Shortz |
Sun Nov 10, 2019 | 1D | Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 years, in brief | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Tue Nov 5, 2019 | 48D | Soviet spy agcy. | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Thu May 16, 2019 | 27D | Org. disbanded in 1991 | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue Feb 26, 2019 | 60D | C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart | Alex Vratsanos | Shortz |
Wed Jan 10, 2018 | 54A | "The Spy Who Loved Me" org. | Sen. Joe Donnelly and Michael S. Maurer | Shortz |
Sun Dec 10, 2017 | 71A | Old C.I.A. foe | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein | Shortz |
Wed Jun 21, 2017 | 47A | Spy org. in Bond movies | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Sun May 28, 2017 | 90A | Employer of the Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me," for short | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Sun May 21, 2017 | 111D | Org. in a le Carré novel | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Tue Jun 28, 2016 | 6A | Enemy org. in many a spy thriller | Alex Vratsanos | Shortz |
Mon Jun 6, 2016 | 38D | C.I.A. : U.S. :: ___ : Soviet Union | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
Sat Jan 9, 2016 | 44A | Hush-hush org. | Jason Flinn | Shortz |
Thu Jul 30, 2015 | 36D | Source of some shadows, for short | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Dec 10, 2014 | 51A | U.S.S.R. security org. | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Sun Jul 13, 2014 | 90D | Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short | Tom McCoy | Shortz |
Mon Oct 29, 2012 | 25D | Spy grp. dissolved in 1991 | Gareth Bain | Shortz |
Thu Dec 8, 2011 | 32D | Anti-Bond org. | Daniel A. Finan | Shortz |
Wed Dec 7, 2011 | 1D | Putin's former org. (2) | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Sat Sep 3, 2011 | 9D | Former org. for Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Sun Mar 2, 2008 | 31D | Vladimir Putin's onetime org. (2) | Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach | Shortz |
Tue Jun 12, 2007 | 28D | Putin's former org. (2) | Jonathan Gersch | Shortz |
Tue Jun 5, 2007 | 63A | Former Vladimir Putin org. (2) | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Wed Nov 1, 2006 | 24D | Org. in which Putin was once an officer | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Sun Feb 29, 2004 | 14A | Background of Vladimir Putin, for short | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Wed Aug 13, 2003 | 60D | Former Vladimir Putin org. (2) | Charles E. Gersch | Shortz |
Sat Sep 28, 2002 | 38D | Cold war grp. | Raymond Hamel | Shortz |
Tue Feb 15, 2000 | 31A | Vladimir Putin's onetime org. (2) | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
10 results for KGB from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed Apr 1, 1992 | 50A | U.S.S.R. snoops | Lawrence M. Rheingold | Maleska |
Sun Apr 7, 1991 | 46A | Russian C.I.A. | Valerie Meunier | Maleska |
Tue Jul 17, 1990 | 38D | Soviet agcy. | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
Fri Jan 26, 1990 | 58D | U.S.S.R. security police | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
Tue Jul 18, 1989 | 58D | U.S.S.R. security police | John Dreyer | Maleska |
Fri May 8, 1987 | 46A | U.S.S.R. security group | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
Sun Apr 29, 1984 | 92D | MVD follower | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Fri Aug 20, 1982 | 55D | Russian C.I.A. | Cometa | Maleska |
Sun Aug 15, 1982 | 9D | A successor to 46 Across | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Tue Aug 26, 1975 | 50D | Russian secret police | John Prytz | Weng |