| Le Carre trilogy adversary |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2026 |
| CIA's Cold War counterpart |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2025 |
| Old CIA foe |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Nov 2025 |
| USSR spy org. |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Onetime rival of the CIA |
|
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| Spy org. in "The Americans" |
Universal |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Old CIA foe |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Org. that was a frequent James Bond toe |
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| What were the initials of the old Soviet Secret Police? (inits)(1,1,1) |
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| Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Intelligence org. whose insignia depicted a hammer and sickle |
|
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| Intelligence agency in many Cold War movies |
|
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| Soviet secret police |
Mirror Tea Time |
04 May 2025 |
| Onetime C.I.A. foe |
New York Times |
01 May 2025 |
| CIA foe (1,1,1) |
|
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| Red spy group known as cagey bee (1,1,1) |
|
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| USSR spy org. |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Former Soviet secret police (1,1,1) |
|
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| Letters of spydom |
|
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| Org. in Beatriz Williams's novel "Our Woman in Moscow" |
|
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| Old CIA foe |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Org. in many John le Carre novels |
Universal |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Org. of the main characters in "The Americans" |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Spy org. in "Bridge of Spies" |
New York Times Mini |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Russian counterpart of CIA (abbr.) |
|
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| Org. in some John le Carré novels |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Org. in some John le Carr* novels |
|
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| CIA foe in the Cold War |
|
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| Old Soviet secret police (1,1,1) |
|
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| Soviet spy's grp. |
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| Soviet secret police |
Mirror Tea Time |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Secret police of erstwhile USSR |
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| Security org. dismantled in 1991 |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Old Soviet spy agency: Abbr. |
|
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| Spy org. in a Tom Clancy novel |
LA Times Mini |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Soviet Union spy org. |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2024 |
| 007 foe |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2024 |
| USSR's CIA |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2024 |
| "Archer" agency (abbr.) |
|
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| Russian spy organization on The Americans: Abbr. |
|
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| USSR spy org (abbr) (3) |
|
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| CIA's Cold War foe |
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| Cold war group (abbr) (3) |
|
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| USSR espionage organization: Abbr. |
|
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| Cold War counterpart of the C.I.A. |
New York Times Mini |
11 Mar 2024 |
| USSR's CIA |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Soviet intelligence org. |
Universal |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Gp. in many Cold War movies |
|
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| Cold War Russia's secret police (1,1,1) |
|
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| Old CIA foe |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2024 |
| USSR spy org. |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Soviet secret police |
Mirror Tea Time |
30 Dec 2023 |
| USSR spy service (3) |
|
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| Spy grp. from 1954-'91 |
Universal |
16 Sep 2023 |
| Black Widow's former org |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Soviet spy org |
Universal |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Cold War gp |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2023 |
| CIA : USA :: ___ : USSR |
Universal |
19 May 2023 |
| Old CIA foe |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Cold War spy org |
Universal |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Spy novel adversary |
Newsday |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Longtime CIA rival |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Dec 2022 |
| USSR spy org |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Longtime CIA rival |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Bygone CIA nemesis |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Org. that 'Moscow Centre' represents in George Smiley novels |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2022 |
| USSR secret service |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2022 |
| Cold War inits |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Soviet org. in "Bridge of Spies" |
Universal |
01 May 2022 |
| Org. seen in some 11-Downs |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Org. seen in some 11-Downs |
The Washington Post |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Old CIA foe |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Moscow-based spy org |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Putin's USSR employer |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Cold War spy grp |
Universal |
24 Nov 2021 |
| USSR secret police: Abbr. |
|
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| 'Bridge of Spies' org |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Spy org. in 'The Americans' |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Old USSR espionage gp |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Old USSR espionage gp |
The Washington Post |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Cold War inits |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Former CIA counterpart |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Org. in some Cold War spy novels |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2021 |
| Soviet spy org |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Soviet spy org |
Universal |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Spy org. that split up in 1991 |
Universal |
23 Feb 2021 |
| U.S.S.R. intelligence org |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2021 |
| Spy grp. until 1991 |
Universal |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Putin’s employer in the 1980s |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Illya Kuryakin's org. in the film 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Spy org. in 'The Americans' |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Fleming foe |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Red state org |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2020 |
| USSR spy org |
Universal |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Former Soviet spy org |
Jonesin |
16 Jun 2020 |
| USSR spy org |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Soviet espionage org |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2020 |
| USSR's CIA |
Universal |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Putin’s old agcy |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Cold War agcy |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Cold War agcy |
The Washington Post |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Former Soviet org |
Canadiana |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 years, in brief |
|
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| Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 years, in brief |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Soviet spy agcy. |
|
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| Soviet spy agcy |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Erstwhile CIA adversary |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Clandestine USSR org |
Universal |
10 Sep 2019 |
| CIA's onetime rival |
Premier Sunday |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Org. disbanded in 1991 |
New York Times |
16 May 2019 |
| Old CIA foe |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Apr 2019 |
| "The Americans" spy grp |
Universal |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Security org. until 1991 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Putin's org., once |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2019 |
| C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2019 |
| USSR's CIA |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Soviet spy org. |
|
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| Org. disbanded in 1991 |
|
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| Clandestine USSR org. |
|
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| Putin's org., once |
|
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| C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart |
|
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| "The Americans" spy grp. |
|
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| Old CIA foe |
Premier Sunday |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Cold War gp |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Cold War gp |
The Washington Post |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Erstwhile CIA rival |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Erstwhile CIA rival |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Putin's onetime org |
USA Today |
05 May 2018 |
| Putin's org., once |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2018 |
| 'The Americans' org |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Longtime CIA rival |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Cold War adversary |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2018 |
| Putin's onetime employer |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2018 |
| 'The Spy Who Loved Me' org |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Soviet spy org |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Soviet org. dissolved in 1991 |
Jonesin |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Putin's onetime org. |
|
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| Putin's org., once |
|
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| Erstwhile CIA rival |
|
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| Cold War gp. |
|
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| "The Spy Who Loved Me" org. |
|
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| Old C.I.A. foe |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Putin's former org |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Putin's former org |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Cold War spy org |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Spy org. in Bond movies |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2017 |
| Employer of the Bond girl in 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' for short |
New York Times |
28 May 2017 |
| Org. in a le Carré novel |
New York Times |
21 May 2017 |
| Old C.I.A. foe |
|
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| Putin's former org. |
|
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| Employer of the Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me," for short |
|
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| Spy org. in Bond movies |
|
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| Org. in a le Carré novel |
|
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| Org. in some le Carré novels |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Cold War spy gp |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Former clandestine org |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2016 |
| USSR secret police |
Canadiana |
04 Jul 2016 |
| Enemy org. in many a spy thriller |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2016 |
| C.I.A. : U.S. :: ___ : Soviet Union |
New York Times |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Putin's 1980s employer |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2016 |
| Hush-hush org |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Org. in some le Carré novels |
|
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| Hush-hush org. |
|
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| Enemy org. in many a spy thriller |
|
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| C.I.A. : U.S. :: ___ : Soviet Union |
|
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| Cold War spy gp. |
|
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| CIA Cold War foe |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2015 |
| USSR espionage org |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Source of some shadows, for short |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2015 |
| Putin's former employer |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Former secret police grp |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Cold War CIA foe |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2015 |
| USSR spy org |
Premier Sunday |
15 Mar 2015 |
| USSR secret service |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2015 |
| USSR spy org. |
|
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| Putin's former employer |
|
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| Source of some shadows, for short |
|
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| CIA Cold War foe |
|
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| Former secret police grp. |
|
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| Cold War CIA foe |
|
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| USSR espionage org. |
|
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| USSR secret service |
|
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| Soviet spy org. |
|
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| Putin's org., once |
|
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| Cold War spy org. |
|
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| Putin's employer in the 1980s |
|
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| Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short |
|
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| U.S.S.R. security org. |
|
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| Old USSR spy gp. |
|
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| Putin's old org. |
|
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| Soviet Union spy org. |
|
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| Spy org. until 1991 |
|
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| Old CIA foe |
|
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| USSR's CIA |
|
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| Former clandestine org. |
|
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| Where Putin put in time, once |
|
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| Spy org. until 1991 |
|
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| Bond adversary |
|
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| Cold War spy org. |
|
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| "The Kremlin Letter" org. |
|
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| Old CIA rival |
|
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| Cold War spy org. |
|
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| Old CIA rival |
|
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| Old 123-Down foe |
|
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| Spy grp. dissolved in 1991 |
|
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| Old spy gp. |
|
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| Old 123-Down foe |
|
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| CIA Cold War counterpart |
|
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| Former CIA counterpart |
|
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| USSR spy org. |
|
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| Anti-Bond org. |
|
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| Former org. for Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev |
|
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| Putin's former org. |
|
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| CIA Cold War counterpart |
|
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| Cold War undercover gp. |
|
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| CIA's Soviet counterpart |
|
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| Cold War foe of the 34-Down |
|
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| Clandestine gp. |
|
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| Cold war org. |
|
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| Soviet spy agcy. |
|
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| Fleming foe |
|
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| CIA rival, once |
|
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| CIA rival, once |
|
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| U.S.S.R. spy group |
|
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| Old CIA foe |
|
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| Soviet spy org. |
|
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| CIA's Soviet counterpart |
|
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| Its emblem had a sword and shield |
|
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| Soviet security agcy. |
|
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| Old CIA foe |
|
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| Soviet spy org. |
|
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| Agcy. dismantled in 1991 |
|
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| Cold War grp. |
|
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| CIA Cold War opponent |
|
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| Vladimir Putin's one-time org. |
|
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| One-time CIA rival |
|
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| Spy novel org. |
|
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| Vladimir Putin's onetime org. |
|
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| 40-down counterpart |
|
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| Spy novel org. |
|
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| Old USSR spy gp. |
|
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| Soviet intelligence initials |
|
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| Former CIA counterpart |
|
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| CIA rival, once |
|
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| Former Vladimir Putin org. |
|
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| Former CIA counterpart |
|
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| 007 adversary |
|
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| Spy novel org. |
|
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| USSR intelligence org. |
|
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| "The Sword and the Shield" org. |
|
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| Putin's onetime employer |
|
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| Putin's old org. |
|
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| Socialist security agcy. |
|
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| Soviet security agcy. |
|
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| Cold War org. |
|
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| Cold War spy org. |
|
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| Former Soviet spy agcy. |
|
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| Org. in which Putin was once an officer |
|
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| Frequent 007 foe |
|
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| Onetime CIA rival |
|
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| Former Soviet spy agcy. |
|
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| Andropov headed it |
|
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| Security agcy. dismantled in 1991 |
|
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| Cold War org. |
|
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| Former gp. from the Kremlin |
|
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| Soviet spy org. |
|
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| Russian spy org. |
|
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| CIA counterpart |
|
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| One-time CIA target |
|
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| Background of Vladimir Putin, for short |
|
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| Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 yrs. |
|
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| Putin's former org. |
|
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| Putin's former org. |
|
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| Putin's onetime org. |
|
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| Former spy gp. |
|
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| Former spy gp. |
|
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| Former Soviet agcy. |
|
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| FSB's predecessor in Russia |
|
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| Frequent 007 adversary |
|
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| Cold War spy group |
|
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| Gp. disbanded in 1991 |
|
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| Cold war grp. |
|
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| Cold War org. |
|
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| Frequent 007 foe |
|
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| Putin's old outfit |
|
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| It was headquartered in the Lubyanka |
|
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| CIA's Soviet counterpart |
|
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| Gp. disbanded in 1991 |
|
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| Soviet secret police |
|
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| CIA's Cold War counterpart |
|
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| Org. once headed by Yuri Andropov |
|
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| Putin's former org. |
|
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| Sov. secret service |
|
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| CIA's Soviet counterpart |
|
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| CIA Cold War opponent |
|
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| Former secret police gp. |
|
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| Russian security agcy. |
|
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| Soviet security agcy. |
|
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| U.S.S.R. snoops |
|
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| Russian C.I.A. |
|
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| Soviet agcy. |
|
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| U.S.S.R. security police |
|
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| U.S.S.R. security group |
|
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| MVD follower |
|
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| A successor to 46 Across |
|
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| Russian secret police |
|
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| Cold war grp. |
|
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| Org. with a sword and shield in its logo |
|
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| Putin's former grp. |
|
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| Putin's grp. |
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