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85 total results for SPIES( score: 50 )
21 results for SPIES from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Fri Aug 30, 2024 | 31A | Many John le Carré characters | Colin Adams | Fagliano |
Wed Dec 27, 2023 | 37A | Secret traders | Kareem Ayas | Shortz |
Tue May 24, 2022 | 4D | People who might bug others | Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
Tue Sep 26, 2017 | 67A | John le Carré heroes | Joy Behar and Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sat Dec 3, 2016 | 42A | Spooks (3) | Jason Flinn | Shortz |
Sun Jan 24, 2016 | 40D | Secret collectors | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Mon Aug 10, 2015 | 24D | 007 and others | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
Sun Feb 3, 2013 | 40D | Some "Bourne" film characters | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Fri Sep 16, 2011 | 21A | They may work for both sides | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Thu May 26, 2011 | 50D | Fears of some paranoiacs | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
Wed Apr 21, 2010 | 15D | Black and white Mad magazine figures | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Tue Apr 21, 2009 | 31D | Black-clad and white-clad Mad adversaries | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron | Shortz |
Fri Oct 21, 2005 | 29D | Uses a tap, perhaps | Louis Hildebrand | Shortz |
Sun Apr 9, 2000 | 65D | Those seeking intelligence | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sun Jul 18, 1999 | 68A | Spooks (3) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Wed Oct 7, 1998 | 36A | People who aren't what they seem | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sat Aug 3, 1996 | 28D | Shadows | A. D. Cover | Shortz |
Mon Apr 17, 1995 | 38A | Cloak-and-dagger types | Kenneth Witte | Shortz |
Sat Apr 15, 1995 | 45A | Spooks (3) | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
Sun Feb 26, 1995 | 81A | 1928 Fritz Lang thriller | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Mon Jan 17, 1994 | 25A | Sometimes they get the hang of it | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |
2 results for SPIES from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Jul 9, 2023 | Panda | 47D | Shoofly, shepherd's and sweetie | Tracy Bennett | Shortz |
Aug 27, 2006 | Diagramless | 66A | Bond and others | Jim Hyres | Shortz |
62 results for SPIES from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Nov 17, 1992 | 24D | Double agents | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Apr 9, 1991 | 47D | Some are moles | William Baxley | Maleska |
Fri Mar 8, 1991 | 20A | People of intelligence | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
Thu Mar 1, 1990 | 28A | André and Hari | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Sun Oct 22, 1989 | 119A | Secret passers | Phyllis Fehringer | Maleska |
Sun Jun 19, 1988 | 58D | Operatives | Nancy Ross | Maleska |
Thu Jun 16, 1988 | 18D | Certain moles | Margaret W. Huskey | Maleska |
Fri Oct 30, 1987 | 30A | Northern ___ (apples) | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Fri Jul 10, 1987 | 25A | Acts like Caleb | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Sun Jul 28, 1985 | 28D | Unfriendly observers | Louis Baron | Maleska |
Thu Mar 21, 1985 | 25D | People of intelligence | Daniel Girardi | Maleska |
Sun Jan 1, 1984 | 44D | Smiley's people | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Tue Aug 9, 1983 | 36A | Some K.G.B. men | Charles Engler | Maleska |
Mon Aug 2, 1982 | 51A | Secret agents | Whitten | Maleska |
Sun Jul 18, 1982 | 34A | Some are moles | Ruth N. Schultz | Maleska |
Fri Apr 17, 1981 | 61A | C.I.A. employees | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun Feb 15, 1981 | 66D | Hale and Hari | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Sun Nov 16, 1980 | 18D | Triple agents | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Thu Sep 18, 1980 | 24D | Northern ___ (apples) | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Fri Sep 12, 1980 | 6D | Hari et al. | Hugh McElroy | Maleska |
Thu Jul 31, 1980 | 22A | Triple agents | Jean J. Davison | Maleska |
Mon Aug 27, 1979 | 1A | Double agents | Meunier | Maleska |
Fri May 25, 1979 | 25A | Hale and Hari | Jones | Maleska |
Sun Jul 9, 1978 | 58D | Hale and Hari | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sat Apr 29, 1978 | 24D | Undercover men | Meltzer | Maleska |
Sun Mar 12, 1978 | 103A | Infiltrators | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Thu Jun 2, 1977 | 14A | Fleming characters | Henry Hook | Maleska |
Sun Mar 27, 1977 | 29A | Catches sight of | Jay Spry | Maleska |
Fri Mar 18, 1977 | 40A | Hari and Hale | James A. Brussel | Maleska |
Wed Nov 24, 1976 | 29D | Certain informers | Ann Jenkins | Weng |
Tue Jul 29, 1975 | 42A | Northern ___ (apples) | Bert H. Kruse | Weng |
Sun Feb 9, 1975 | 64D | Secret seekers | William Lutwiniak | Weng |
Tue Apr 30, 1974 | 24A | Secretive ones | S. A. Kay | Weng |
Sun Jan 27, 1974 | 78A | Uses binoculars | Alexander Black | Weng |
Sat Jan 26, 1974 | 28A | High-risk workers | H. Hastings Reddall | Weng |
Thu Jun 28, 1973 | 25D | Mata Hari, etc. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 18, 1972 | 120D | Snoopers | Herbert Ettenson | Weng |
Sat Jan 8, 1972 | 5D | Agents | Unknown | Weng |
Sun May 9, 1971 | 31A | Hari et al. | Marian Pearce | Weng |
Thu Mar 20, 1969 | 59A | Bond and others. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Feb 21, 1969 | 50D | Snoops. | Unknown | Weng |
Fri Aug 18, 1967 | 30A | Current heroes, in fact or fiction. | Evelyn Benshoof | Farrar |
Sun Jan 9, 1966 | 87D | 007, et al. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Tue Jul 13, 1965 | 62A | Heroes of current fiction. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jul 18, 1963 | 24D | Front-page figures. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Feb 1, 1963 | 33A | Cloak-and-dagger men. | Alda F. Zimpel | Farrar |
Sat Jan 23, 1960 | 25D | Keeps watch. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 9, 1959 | 109A | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, for example. | Ted Dombras | Farrar |
Thu Sep 18, 1958 | 29A | Perceives. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Aug 12, 1958 | 24A | Gains sight of. | H. L. Risteen | Farrar |
Mon Jun 4, 1956 | 18A | Secret agents. | Madeline Corse | Farrar |
Wed Dec 28, 1955 | 24D | Intriguing characters. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 18, 1955 | 48D | Northern ___ (apples). | Helen Bernard | Farrar |
Wed Jun 15, 1955 | 49D | Secret agents. | M. S. Manning | Farrar |
Mon Sep 13, 1954 | 1D | Secret agents. | Elsie Bishop | Farrar |
Tue Jun 2, 1953 | 64A | Northern ___, winter apples. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Tue May 22, 1951 | 1D | Fuchs, Gold, etc. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 22, 1951 | 83A | Secret agents. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Apr 1, 1951 | 139A | F. B. I. targets. | Israel Gitter | Farrar |
Fri Jan 5, 1951 | 53D | Targets of the F. B. I. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Nov 30, 1947 | 87D | Cloak and dagger men. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Jun 17, 1945 | 57D | J. Edgar Hoover's prey. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |