| Something whispered in confidence |
|
|
| ___ agent (spy) |
|
|
| Word before "Service" or "Santa" |
Universal |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Hush-hush |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2026 |
| Dossier marking |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Feb 2026 |
| Because Crete's clandestine, to some extent (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 Jan 2026 |
| Confidential matter |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Location of Makry Gialos almost completely shut away |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jan 2026 |
| Southern European island mostly unknown (6) |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Dec 2025 |
| Covert |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2025 |
| Clandestine faction adopts religious education |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Dec 2025 |
| Hidden |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Cryptic |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2025 |
| Keep it! |
Universal |
19 Nov 2025 |
| Confidential fact |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Something whispered in confidence |
|
|
| United States ___ Service (presidential protection agency) |
|
|
| Under wraps |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2025 |
| Cloak-and-dagger SPECTRE powerless, ruined (6) |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Use Crete as setting for mystery (6) |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Confidential info |
Commuter |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Clandestine |
The Times Concise |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Undercover |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Classified |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Top-__ information |
Commuter |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Classified |
The Times Sunday Concise |
20 Jul 2025 |
| I can't talk about it but Crete's the place to find it (6) |
|
|
| Content of a whisper |
Universal |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Something not to spill |
Newsday |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Confidential piece of information |
The Times Concise |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Dossier stamp |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2025 |
| Claudia Karvan played Alex Christensen in this (The - Life Of Us) |
|
|
| Spill your ___ (confidential tidbit), something 23a may do to annoy you |
|
|
| Something not to tell |
Newsday |
19 May 2025 |
| (and 3 Down) Leicester cop retrained for force checking subversion or political dissent (6,6) |
|
|
| Classified |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 May 2025 |
| Confidential |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 May 2025 |
| ___ ballot, a vote in which confidentiality is safeguarded (6) |
|
|
| Concealed |
The Times Sunday Concise |
04 May 2025 |
| Madonna keeping shtum on the lead single from Bedtime Stories? (6) |
|
|
| 'It'll be our little __' |
|
|
| "I've Got a -" |
|
|
| Hidden from general view (6) |
|
|
| Michael Caine's movie: Kingsman: The - Service |
|
|
| & 26A 1939 novel by Arthur Ransome (6,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
24 Mar 2025 |
| 1939 novel by Arthur Ransome |
|
|
| "Our ___ moments in a crowded room / They got no idea about me and you" |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Something that is not to be told to anybody else (6) |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Hidden information |
|
|
| Arcane |
Mirror Quick |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Crete terrible mystery (6) |
|
|
| Crete's terrible mystery (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Mysterious cult conducting religious education (6) |
|
|
| Confidence one is expected to keep (6) |
|
|
| Clandestine religious body around again (6) |
|
|
| "On Her Majesty's ___ Service," 1969 James Bond film |
|
|
| '- Scotland', Susan Calman TV series (6) |
|
|
| The ______ Garden, 1987 film with Colin Firth (6) |
|
|
| Unknown group defending English councillor (6) |
|
|
| Hidden from general view, group, about to be admitted |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Dec 2024 |
| ____ Santa, an anonymous festive gift exchange within a group (6) |
|
|
| Nobody else will know if we keep it |
|
|
| Under wraps, confidential |
The Times Concise |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Hush-hush |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Hush-hush |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Not kept it? Then it is no longer! (6) |
|
|
| Clandestine group surrounding English king |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Wise Cretan has unknown fact (6) |
|
|
| Victoria's ___ (lingerie chain) |
|
|
| ____ Army, 1970s wartime TV drama series parodied by 'Allo 'Allo! (6) |
|
|
| There's no telling if it is to be kept (6) |
|
|
| Confidenfial: - information |
|
|
| Under wraps |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Cloak-and-dagger SPECTRE powerless, ruined |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Clandestine |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Something whispered in confidence |
|
|
| Hidden |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Clandestine |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Advertise Crete as setting for mystery |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Is his success abroad measured by a test of intelligence? (6,5) |
|
|
| Erects constructively under cover (6) |
|
|
| Use Crete as setting for mystery |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Clandestine |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Confidential |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Service having no publicity agents! (6) |
|
|
| "Three may keep a ___, if two of them are dead": Benjamin Franklin |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Engineers entering religious group with confidence |
|
|
| _ agent, spy (6) |
|
|
| (and 4 Across) Spy centre stage somehow (6,5) |
|
|
| Like some alter egos |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Closed book again held in religious group (6) |
|
|
| Because Crete, to some extent, is clandestine (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Crete's a great place to keep it hidden! (6) |
|
|
| Kept private; unknown by others (6) |
|
|
| Crete's where it's hidden but I'm not going to tell! |
|
|
| In southern Crete, perhaps, is there such service? |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Breakaway group accepting army corps confidence |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Hush-hush? (6) |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Undercover soldiers in splinter group |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Fact that others are not meant to know (6) |
Puzzler |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Something you shouldn't spill |
|
|
| Under wraps |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2024 |
| There's no telling if this is to be kept |
|
|
| It will surely be lost in telling? |
|
|
| Word followed by Squirrel gives the name of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character (6) |
|
|
| Spill your ___ (confidential tidbit), something 23a may do to annoy you |
|
|
| Our star's movie: Kingsman: The - Service |
|
|
| Crete's strangely private (6) |
|
|
| With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2024 |
| "Hush-hush" info |
|
|
| The ___ Garden, book by Frances Hodgson Burnett (6) |
|
|
| Information you're not supposed to share |
|
|
| Contributing to wise Cretan being hidden from view (6) |
|
|
| Fact kept to yourself (6) |
|
|
| Clandestine use of carbon in uprooting trees (6) |
|
|
| The sort of agent that has to keep one (6) |
|
|
| Something unrevealed |
|
|
| The ...... 4D; Enid Blyton's detective group (6) |
|
|
| The __ 4D; Enid Blyton's detective group (6) |
|
|
| The __ 4D; Enid Blyton's detective group |
The Guardian Weekend |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Piece of information that is not to be passed on to others (6) |
Puzzler |
17 Feb 2024 |
| "I've Got a ___" |
|
|
| A confidence expressed in Crete's reformation (6) |
|
|
| Spies dry, gnarled trees by river with very frozen water |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Unrevealed fact |
|
|
| It may be of untold value |
|
|
| The ------ Garden, 1987 film with Colin Firth (6) |
|
|
| "On Her Majesty's ___ Service," 1969 James Bond film |
|
|
| Skeleton in the cupboard (6) |
|
|
| It ceases to be one when it is let out (6) |
|
|
| Hidden |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Deodorant brand |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Confidential information |
|
|
| Stamp on a dossier |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Confidential, private |
The Times Concise |
27 Sep 2023 |
| "Can you keep a ___?" |
Universal |
20 Sep 2023 |
| Confidential, private |
The Times Concise |
15 Sep 2023 |
| 'Shh! It's a ___!' |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Confidential |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Hidden camp housing soldiers |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 May 2023 |
| Confidential fact |
Newsday |
01 May 2023 |
| Like some agents or Santas? |
|
|
| "___ Invasion," TV miniseries starring Emilia Clarke whose release date is in 2023 |
|
|
| Confidential information |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Something confidential |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2022 |
| Strictly confidential |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Oct 2022 |
| Hush-hush |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Ben Stiller's "The ___ Life of Walter Mitty" |
|
|
| Clandestine |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Cryptic from some clever expert, being extremely selective |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Jul 2022 |
| [Redacted] |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2022 |
| Confidential |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jun 2022 |
| For your eyes only |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Hidden |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Tryst partner / Discharging, as a liquid |
New York Times |
22 May 2022 |
| Keep quiet about religious splinter group conversion. |
|
|
| Kept from circulating |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Hidden on top of cambium in wild trees |
|
|
| Confidential |
Universal |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Hidden, covert |
|
|
| "What We Do is ___," 2007 movie starring Shane West as Darby Crash |
|
|
| Like some agents and Santas |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Like some agents and Santas |
|
|
| Hidden, covert |
|
|
| Clandestine |
|
|
| Hidden, covert |
|
|
| Hidden, covert |
|
|
| Hidden, covert |
|
|
| When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2021 |
| With 35-Across, anonymous voting method, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
|
|
| With 35-Across, anonymous voting method, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Word before 'sauce' or 'Santa' |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2021 |
| One might be whispered |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Concealed |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Aug 2021 |
| Something not to tell |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2021 |
| Not to be shared, in a way |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Like some formulas and identities |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2021 |
| Confidential matter |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2021 |
| Guarded against discovery |
The Times Concise |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Like Superman's alter ego |
|
|
| Like Superman's alter ego |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2021 |
| It's meant to be kept |
New York Times |
26 May 2021 |
| Hidden, covert |
|
|
| Confidential |
Premier Sunday |
09 May 2021 |
| "___ Window," 2004 movie starring Johnny Depp based on a novella by Stephen King |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2021 |
| It's not for everyone |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2021 |
| It's not for everyone |
|
|
| Under wraps |
Premier Sunday |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Covert |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2021 |
| "The ___ History," dark academia novel by Donna Tartt |
|
|
| Private PA misses a line |
|
|
| Trade ___ (Coca-Cola's recipe, e.g.) |
Universal |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Those starting for every side today, with a skeleton in the cupboard |
|
|
| Almost leak what shouldn't be leaked? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Nov 2020 |
| With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
|
|
| With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2020 |
| "Best Kept ___," 2013 Jeffrey Archer novel from the "Clifton Chronicles" |
|
|
| "If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you have lost me. What am I?" |
|
|
| Hidden on top of cambium in wild trees |
|
|
| Almost ooze confidence |
|
|
| Something not to tell |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Like passwords, ideally |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2020 |
| Like passwords, ideally |
|
|
| Centre stage ignoring a gent no one is supposed to know about |
|
|
| *Tears and others |
Universal |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Private party admitting soldiers |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Mar 2020 |
| Small island, close to front, private |
|
|
| Hide mostly hidden |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Feb 2020 |
| Clandestine faction assimilates religious teaching |
|
|
| "On Her Majesty's ___ Service," 1969 James Bond movie directed by Peter R. Hunt |
|
|
| Concealed lie coming out of Leicester |
|
|
| It may be hard to keep |
|
|
| It may be hard to keep |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2019 |
| Undercover soldiers to infiltrate extremist group |
|
|
| Under wraps |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Private school on Crete redevelopment |
|
|
| You may whisper one to a friend |
Universal |
20 Oct 2019 |
| Hush-hush |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Clandestine |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Clandestine |
|
|
| The ___ Garden, fictional garden from Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel |
|
|
| Clandestine group admits backing church writing |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Universal |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Confidential |
|
|
| Confidential |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2019 |
| Group admits backing church writing at the start of 18 across |
|
|
| It may be spilled |
|
|
| City about to block street, leaving no space between 3 and 12 |
|
|
| Unknown Southern Greek island's last to come to the fore |
|
|
| It's not for everyone |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Confidential |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| You may whisper one to a friend |
|
|
| Classified |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Confidential fact |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2018 |
| One of the agents associated with all sides today |
|
|
| Use Crete as setting for mystery |
|
|
| 9am services turned up hidden from view |
|
|
| Concealed |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Apr 2018 |
| Diary tidbit |
|
|
| Private |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Apr 2018 |
| Clandestine |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Unknown or unobserved by others |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Feb 2018 |
| Morning service put back after Saint hushed prayer |
|
|
| Dossier stamp |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jan 2018 |
| Private clubs hidden in trees, oddly |
|
|
| Diary tidbit |
|
|
| Clandestine |
|
|
| Like some handshakes and formulas |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Like some office Santas |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2017 |
| Covert |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Clandestine, undercover |
|
|
| Confidential |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Erects building behind someone's back |
|
|
| Something a gossip can't keep |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Arcane splinter group holding on |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jun 2017 |
| Covert cult embracing religious class |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jun 2017 |
| Hush-hush southern Crete operation |
|
|
| Hidden from view |
|
|
| Like some handshakes |
|
|
| It's a mystery to the six characters opening 2 down |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2017 |
| Like some handshakes and formulas |
|
|
| Something a gossip can't keep |
|
|
| Erects building in out of the way place |
|
|
| Confidence in both dry and wet |
|
|
| Confidence in both dry and wet |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Dec 2016 |
| __ agent |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Private; classified |
The Times Concise |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Steal from telecasters and keep it to yourself |
|
|
| Clandestine |
The Guardian Speedy |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Confidential matter |
Universal |
31 Oct 2016 |
| Whispered bit of information |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Small island's last character to start mystery |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Unidentified witness hugging King Charles at start of trial |
|
|
| Private, or something private |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Thing between friends |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2016 |
| Confidential matter |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Ban competition |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Hidden |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Aug 2015 |
| One of the classifieds relates to what might metaphorically be in 5 down |
|
|
| For only a select few |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2015 |
| Word after top or trade |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Confidence |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Like some identities |
Universal |
30 Jan 2015 |
| It may be told in anger |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Word after top or trade |
|
|
| Ban competition |
|
|
| Like some identities |
|
|
| Like passwords or passcodes |
|
|
| Confidence |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| For only a select few |
|
|
| It may be told in anger |
|
|
| Nearly leak confidential information |
|
|
| Not public school receiving royal backing |
|
|
| Doctor erects what should be know to few |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| Clandestine |
|
|
| Clandestine religious group about to be imprisoned |
|
|
| It can be dangerous when leaked |
|
|
| Cloak-and-dagger |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Rockers ___ and Whisper |
|
|
| Cloak-and-dagger |
|
|
| Confidant's confidence |
|
|
| It may be hard to keep a juicy one |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| With 34-Across, company's present occasion? |
|
|
| Diary tidbit |
|
|
| With 74-Across, voting system that affords anonymity ... or the theme of this puzzle? |
|
|
| Covert |
|
|
| Privileged info |
|
|
| For your eyes only |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about? |
|
|
| With 39-Across, spy |
|
|
| Ban alternative |
|
|
| For only a select few |
|
|
| Whispered thing |
|
|
| Whispered thing |
|
|
| Confidential |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Hidden, as eight related pieces in the grid |
|
|
| Type of admirer |
|
|
| With "The," popular self-help book |
|
|
| "I've Got a ___" (game show) |
|
|
| Confidant's confidence |
|
|
| It may be under your hat |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| With 55 Across, "You Bet Your Life" feature |
|
|
| Skeleton in the closet, e.g. |
|
|
| Clandestine |
|
|
| Something confidential |
|
|
| Confidant's confidence |
|
|
| Under wraps, so to speak |
|
|
| Brand behind becauseyourehot.com |
|
|
| Under wraps, so to speak |
|
|
| Skeleton in the closet, e.g. |
|
|
| Whispered item |
|
|
| Unknown to many |
|
|
| Covert |
|
|
| Skeleton, so to speak |
|
|
| Hidden |
|
|
| Unrevealed |
|
|
| Not publicly known |
|
|
| Skeleton, so to speak |
|
|
| Hidden |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| It might be deep and dark |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Confidential item |
|
|
| Undercover |
|
|
| Skeleton in the closet, e.g. |
|
|
| Concealed |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Clandestine |
|
|
| Whispered words |
|
|
| Spy's find |
|
|
| Hush-hush· |
|
|
| Kind of agent |
|
|
| Kind of agent or ballot |
|
|
| Kind of agent |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| Classified |
|
|
| Something to whisper |
|
|
| Underground |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| Private |
|
|
| Skeleton in the closet |
|
|
| It may be hard to keep |
|
|
| Like some ballots |
|
|
| Whispered item |
|
|
| Whispered item |
|
|
| Shrouded |
|
|
| Back-room |
|
|
| Spy's quest |
|
|
| Not meant to be repeated |
|
|
| It's not for everyone |
|
|
| Back-room |
|
|
| Undisclosed |
|
|
| Classified |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| Hush-hush |
|
|
| Confidence |
|
|
| Hidden |
|
|
| "I've Got a __" |
|
|
| Confidential matter |
|
|
| "The ___ of Nimh" (1982 cartoon) |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| Not generally known |
|
|
| Monastic hour's brought back inaudible prayer |
|
|
| Arcane |
|
|
| Covert |
|
|
| Confidence |
|
|
| "The ___ Garden" |
|
|
| Confidential manner |
|
|
| It may be hard for one person to carry |
|
|
| Whispered words |
|
|
| Kind of code |
|
|
| Under wraps |
|
|
| Confidential matter |
|
|
| Something to keep |
|
|
| Cryptic |
|
|
| Closet |
|
|
| Confidential matter |
|
|
| Like some identities |
|
|
| Subrosa |
|
|
| Esoteric |
|
|
| Furtive |
|
|
| Christie's "The ___ Adversary" |
|
|
| Retired |
|
|
| Arcane |
|
|
| Covert |
|
|
| Occult |
|
|
| Skeleton in the closet |
|
|
| Christie's "The ___ of Chimneys": 1925 |
|
|
| Hidden |
|
|
| Teller's offering |
|
|
| Step above confidential |
|
|
| Spy's stock-in-trade |
|
|
| Whispered item |
|
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| Class above confidential |
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| Undercover. |
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| Untold knowledge. |
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| Under one's hat. |
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| Panel show theme. |
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| Clandestine. |
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| Something hard to keep. |
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| Security classification. |
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| Edward Rochester had one. |
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| Walter Mitty's life. |
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| Unknown. |
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| Confidential. |
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| Conrad's "___ Agent." |
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| Subject of Garry Moore's program. |
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| Concealed. |
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| Sub rosa. |
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| Top ___. |
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| Hidden. |
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| Something to keep. |
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| Covert. |
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| Inscrutable. |
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