Crossword clues for spy
spy
- Intel seeker
- Intel gatherer
- I ____ : '60s TV fare
- Human mole
- Hale, for one
- Emulate a peeping Tom
- Cloak-and-dagger sort
- Cloak-and-dagger person
- CIA agent
- Camp intruder
- Bug-planting sort
- Bug someone's phone, e.g
- Bond type
- Bond or Bourne
- Agent who might use an alias
- Agent of espionage
- Acquire intelligence
- "Tinker Tailor Soldier ___"
- "The ___ Who Loved Me"
- "I ____"
- "I ___ with my little eye ..."
- "Harriet the ___" (children's book)
- "____ Game"
- Work covertly
- Word before and after "vs." in a Mad feature
- Wiretapper, maybe
- Wily watcher
- Watch undercover
- Washington D.C.'s International ___ Museum
- Virginia Hall or Mata Hari
- Valerie Plame, e.g
- User of gadgets, maybe
- Use a tap, perhaps
- Use a periscope
- Use a peephole, say
- Use a nanny cam, say
- Undercover infiltrator
- Undercover asset
- U-2 pilot, e.g
- Two-legged plant, perhaps
- TV's "I ____"
- Try to improve one's intelligence illegally, perhaps
- Tom Clancy figure
- Thriller hero, often
- Stratego piece (3)
- Sterling Archer's profession, on "Archer"
- Stealer of secrets
- State secret stealer
- Special Stratego piece
- Someone with intelligence?
- Someone not likely to show off intelligence?
- Smart, for one
- Smart or Solo
- Shadowy figure
- Seeker of secrets
- Seek intelligence
- Secrets stealer
- Secretly watch, with "on"
- Secret watcher
- Secret trader
- Secret seeker
- Secret government operative
- Search for intelligence
- Saskatchewan's ____ Hill
- Rudolf Abel, e.g
- Powers, e.g
- Powers up on the big screen, e.g
- Plotted plant?
- Plant or mole
- Plant in a government office, maybe
- Plant gathering information
- Piece in Stratego
- Piece in a Stratego game
- Person with a cover
- Person who works with bugs?
- Person who might wear a wire
- Person who might steal international secrets
- Person wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, stereotypically
- Person using binoculars, maybe
- Person seeking intelligence?
- Person handling bugs?
- Person bugging you?
- Peek through a keyhole
- Only Stratego piece that can take a marshal
- One with secrets to tell
- One with numerous passports
- One with a hidden camera pen
- One with a handler
- One with a code name, perhaps
- One with a code name
- One who's got the bug?
- One who might be recruited
- One who bugs another person?
- One wearing a wire, perhaps
- One using bugs
- One undercover
- One sharing secrets
- One seeking intelligence
- One role for Harriet Tubman in the Civil War
- One on an op
- One of two regular Mad magazine opponents
- One of many in TV's "The Americans"
- One of a pair of Mad adversaries
- One might need a cover
- One may hide a camera
- One lurking in the shadows
- One has a cover but isn't an open book
- One gathering intel
- One eavesdropping, perhaps
- Office plant, at times?
- Northern, for one
- Northern ___ (apple type)
- Northern ___
- Mole, by definition
- Mole seeking intelligence
- Mole or shadow, perhaps
- Mole or plant
- Mole digging through one's property?
- Moe Berg for one
- MI6 trainee
- MI6 figure
- MI6 agent
- Melissa McCarthy film in which she plays a CIA agent
- Maxwell Smart or Austin Powers, for example
- Mata Hari, notably
- Mata Hari, i.e
- Mata Hari
- Many a character in TV's "The Americans"
- Make like a mole
- Mail-drop user
- Mad antagonist
- Mad adversary
- Look through a peephole, perhaps
- Listening device user
- Lettered Stratego piece
- Leader of a double life
- Le Carre subject
- Le Carré staple
- Le Carré hero, e.g
- Le Carre hero
- Le Carre creation
- Le Carre character, or Saskatchewan hill
- Klaus Fuchs, e.g
- KGB worker
- Keep watch (on)
- Keep watch
- Job for someone like Carrie Mathison on "Homeland"
- Jason Bourne or Ethan Hunt, for example
- James Bond's occupation
- James Bond's job
- James Bond or Jack Ryan, for example
- James Bond or Austin Powers, for example
- James Bond is one
- J. F. Cooper character
- International ___ Museum (Washington, D.C., attraction)
- Intelligence agency asset
- Intel employee?
- I ___ (game of observation)
- He "came in from the cold"
- Gatherer of intelligence
- Gatherer of intel
- Gather intelligence
- Gather info surreptitiously
- Gain intelligence
- Fifth columnist
- Fake passport carrier, likely
- Eve in "Killing Eve," for one
- Employee of the CIA or the KGB
- Eavesdrop, say
- Double-O sort
- Double agent, for example
- Double agent e.g
- Do surveillance
- Do some CIA work
- Do some Bondage?
- Do some Bond-style snooping
- Do recon
- Do CIA work
- Do a mole's job
- Defunct humor magazine
- Dead drop user
- Dangerous plant to have around?
- Covert operator
- Covert operative
- Counter conclusion
- Cosby's first prime-time role
- Cosby show I ____
- Concern yourself with intelligence
- Combatant in an Antonio Prohias comic strip
- Collect sensitive material
- Code user
- Code carrier, maybe
- Clancy novel character
- CIA worker, often
- CIA worker
- CIA sort
- CIA figure
- Character in a trenchcoat and fedora, probably
- Certain le Carré character (and le Carré himself, once)
- Certain data-gatherer
- Caleb, for one
- Bugger, maybe
- Bug someone?
- Bug expert?
- Bourne or Bond
- Bond, e,g
- Be a secret watcher
- Austin Powers or Matt Helm
- Austin Powers or James Bond
- Archer's occupation, on "Archer"
- Antique show sign
- An American in Paris, only probably with a false name
- Agent with a fake passport, perhaps
- Agent with a cover, maybe
- Agent "embedded" in this puzzle's theme answers
- Agency employee, perhaps
- Action movie figure, perhaps
- 2015 movie in which Melissa McCarthy plays a CIA agent
- 2015 Melissa McCarthy movie, or her profession in it
- 007, for example
- 007 is one
- "I ---" (Culp/Cosby groundbreaking show)
- "I ---"
- "I ___" (early Cosby show)
- "I ___" (Culp/Cosby TV show)
- "I ___" (classic TV show)
- "Harriet the ___" (children's novel)
- "Harriet the ____"
- "Austin Powers: The ___ Who Shagged Me"
- "____ Kids"
- '80s-'90s "Separated at Birth?" monthly
- '79 Carly Simon album for a mole?
- ''And Moses sent them to ___ out the land of Canaan''
- _____Hill, Saskatchewan
- Cooper novel, with "The"
- Bond, for one
- Mata Hari, e.g.
- Rudolf Abel, e.g.
- Nathan Hale, e.g.
- Peek in (on)
- Kind of satellite
- Scout
- Operative
- Le Carre figure
- Peeper
- Shadow, with "on"
- Kind of catcher
- Snoop (on)
- Le CarrГ© character
- Le CarrГ© staple
- Look in (on)
- Good looker?
- Stratego piece with a monocle
- Finder of secrets
- Bug someone, e.g.
- Plant, perhaps
- Shadow, maybe
- Mata Hari, for one
- One with a cover
- Telephoto lens user, maybe
- Wire wearer
- Spotter
- Infiltrator
- Notice
- One may bug you
- Hush-hush job
- Sneak a peek
- Person with intelligence?
- Seek intelligence, in a way
- 007, for one
- Mole, for one
- Tail, maybe
- Austin Powers, e.g.
- Cover girl, e.g.?
- With 5-Down, snooping aid
- Bug planter, perhaps
- "Alias" type
- Nathan Hale, notably
- Person with a code name, maybe
- U-2 pilot, e.g.
- "Mission: Impossible" figure
- 19-Down employee
- Invisible ink user
- Passer of secret documents
- Word repeated in Mad magazine's "___ vs. ___"
- Writer in cipher, maybe
- Foe of 71-Across in Mad magazine
- Dangerous job
- Many a bugger
- Jason Bourne, for one
- Plant, maybe
- Expert on bugs?
- James Bond, for one
- Authority on bugs?
- Secret collector
- Invasive plant?
- What was Caleb in the Bible?
- Peep
- Sleeper, maybe
- One who bugs people?
- James Bond, e.g.
- Row
- Half of a classic Mad magazine feature
- One with a phony passport, maybe
- 2015 Melissa McCarthy comedy
- Secret admirer?
- Busybody, maybe
- Nathan Hale, for the Colonies
- One wearing sunglasses, stereotypically
- Nonnative plant?
- Bug catcher, maybe
- Someone who secretly watches other people
- A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- A secret watcher
- Le Carré character
- "Mole, e.g."
- Northern ___ (apple)
- Keep watch secretly
- Hale or Hari
- Smiley was one
- Hale or 007
- Emulate Hari
- One who may bug you
- Caleb, e.g.
- Casanova was one
- Hari or Hale
- Napoleon Solo, for one
- Agent 007, e.g
- Double agent, e.g
- What's a Mata?
- Underground worker
- He came in from the cold
- Undercover agent
- One who "came in from the cold"
- Microfilmer, maybe
- Northern ___ (apple variety)
- Cooper's "The ___"
- Triple agent
- Agent provocateur
- Hari, for one
- K.G.B. man
- Espionage agent
- Kind of glass
- Watch stealthily
- Kind of ring or glass
- Deighton's Needle, e.g.
- Spot or mole?
- Secret agent
- Foreign agent
- Run from active agent
- Catch sight of
- Catch a glimpse of
- Apple variety
- Maxwell Smart, for one
- No Clue
- Bond, e.g
- Watch secretly
- James Bond, e.g
- CIA operative
- 007, e.g
- Mole, e.g
- Security threat
- Look through a keyhole
- Undercover worker
- Intelligence agent
- Government agent
- CIA employee, often
- Watch covertly
- Covert agent
- Mole, maybe
- Work undercover, in a way
- Undercover operative
- Observe furtively
- Furtive sort
- Cloak-and-dagger type
- Black or white Mad character
- Maxwell Smart, e.g
- Man on a mission?
- Intelligence gatherer
- Cooper character
- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, ___"
- Have a look-see
- Engage in espionage
- Cold war figure
- Cloak-and-dagger figure
- Bug someone, e.g
- ___ ring
- Use a hidden camera, say
- Mata Hari, e.g
- Mata Hari was one
- Intel collector
- Bond, for example
- Binoculars user
- Austin Powers, for one
- Austin Powers, e.g
- Watch furtively
- Undercover man
- Salt, e.g
- Mole, perhaps
- KGB figure
- James Bond, for example
- Intelligence seeker
- Ian Fleming character
- Espionage figure
- Do some surveillance
- Be a mole
- Work under cover, in a way
- Work for the CIA
- Unwelcome plant?
- Telephoto-lens user, perhaps
- Smiley or Smart
- Seeker of intel
- Secret stealer
- Place bugs or wires
- One might have a cover
- Nathan Hale, e.g
- Mole with secrets
- Many a character in "The Americans"
- Man of intelligence?
- Intel accumulator
- George Smiley, for one
- George Smiley, e.g
- Enemy agent
- Do undercover work
- Do private eye work
- Caleb, e.g
- Bug user
- Be a voyeur, perhaps
- Austin Powers or James Bond, for example
- Alias user
- World traveler, perhaps
- Wiretapper, e.g
- Wire planter, perhaps
- Watch from the bushes
- Valerie Plame, notably
- Unwelcome plant
- Unwanted plant?
- Undercover sort
- Undercover one
- Undercover investigator
- Try to steal state secrets
- Stealth song off "Morrison Hotel" (with "The")?
- Smiley, e.g
- Smart or Smiley
- Smart job
- Sleeper, perhaps
- Seek secrets
- See suddenly
- Secret Squirrel, e.g
- Plant of a sort
- Person who steals state secrets
- Person of intelligence?
- Perform espionage
- Only Stratego piece with a letter on it
- One of two Mad rivals
- One of a few Russians in 2010 news
- One may wear a wire
- Observe covertly
- Mole, for example
- MI6 member
- Many a Tom Clancy character
- Look through keyholes
- Le Carré's Smiley, for one
- Jason Bourne, e.g
- James Bond, notably
- Intelligence purveyor
- Intelligence pro
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spy \Spy\ (sp[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied (sp[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. ['e]pier, OHG. speh[=o]n, G. sp["a]hen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa[,c]. [root] 169. Cf. Espy, v. t., Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuous, Despise, Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope, Specimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice, Spite, Suspicion.]
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To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.
One, in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration.
--Swift. -
To discover by close search or examination.
Look about with your eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England.
--Latimer. -
To explore; to view, inspect, and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.
Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof.
--Num. xxi. 32.
Spy \Spy\, v. i. To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
It is my nature's plague
To spy into abuses.
--Shak.
Spy \Spy\, n.; pl. Spies (sp[imac]z). [See Spy, v., and cf. Espy, n.]
One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. ``These wretched spies of wit.''
--Dryden.-
(Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.
Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy.
Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
Syn: See Emissary, and Scout.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., "to watch stealthily," from Old French espiier "observe, watch closely, spy on, find out," probably from Frankish *spehon or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *spehon- (cognates: Old High German *spehon "to look out for, scout, spy," German spähen "to spy," Middle Dutch spien), the Germanic survivals of the productive PIE root *spek- "to look, observe" (see scope (n.1)). Old English had spyrian "make a track, go, pursue; ask about, investigate," also a noun spyrigend "investigator, inquirer." Italian spiare, Spanish espiar also are Germanic loan-words. Meaning "to catch sight of" is from c.1300. Children's game I spy so called by 1946.
mid-13c., "one who spies on another," from Old French espie "spy, look-out, scout" (Modern French épie), probably from a Germanic source related to spy (v.).
Wiktionary
n. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To act as a spy. 2 (context transitive English) To spot; to catch sight of. 3 (context intransitive English) To search narrowly; to scrutinize. 4 (context transitive English) To explore; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
WordNet
n. (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors [syn: undercover agent]
a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
[also: spied]
Wikipedia
Spy was a satirical monthly magazine that ran from 1986 to 1998. The magazine was based in New York City.
A spy is a person engaged in espionage, obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential.
Spy or The Spy may also refer to:
Spy are a rock band that hail from Atlanta, Georgia. They released their debut album in 2005, which was produced by Steve Albini. The album was a vinyl only release, but is also available in its entirety for free on their website. 1
Spy is the debut album by American indie rock group Spy. Recorded by Steve Albini, the album is a vinyl-only release, though it is available free on the band's website. 1
Spy is a British situation comedy created and written by Simeon Goulden. The first series aired on 14 October 2011 on Sky1 in the UK, as well as on the online video service Hulu in the United States. A second series began airing on 19 October 2012, ending with a Christmas Special on 26 December 2012. On 1 March 2013, Darren Boyd announced that the show would not be returning for a third series.
"Spy" is a digital single by South Korean boy band Super Junior. It is the second promotional single for the group's sixth studio album Sexy, Free & Single and title track of the repackaged edition, titled Spy. It was digitally released on August 5, 2012, along with three other new tracks in the repackaged album, which was released offline on August 6.
Spy is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel The Spy Novel . It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, and starred Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history.
Spy is a British television programme originally made by Wall to Wall for BBC Three in 2004. It has been one of the most-exported United Kingdom television shows; according to the Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT), it had been sold to 129 countries by April 2005.
The series follows a group of real-life volunteers as they are trained by former spies in espionage techniques, including maintaining a false identity, surveillance, persuasion and recruitment. The programme's psychological challenges, dramatic tension, high production values, and personable cast led to its being called 'the most addictive thing on TV at the moment' by The Daily Telegraph.
The series further develops a format that first appeared in the Wall to Wall television productions Spymaster (2002; UK) and Spymaster USA (2003; USA).
SPY: A Handbook, a companion book written by Harry Ferguson, a trainer featured on the show, was published in 2004 by Bloomsbury in the UK (ISBN 0-7475-7523-1).
Spy is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's ninth album, and eighth studio album, released in 1979. It is also her last album for Elektra Records. The title of the album is a tribute to Anaïs Nin, whose quote “I am an international spy in the house of love”, is written across the top on the inside jacket. Simon dedicated the album to producer Arif Mardin, in which she wrote in the liner notes, "Dedicated to Arif who is himself fantastic."
Although Spy did not yield any major hit singles, " Vengeance" earned Simon a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female in early 1980, the first year to feature this new category. It peaked at #48 on the Billboard Pop singles chart. Simon made a music video for the song, and MTV later used a clip from it in a commercial that tried to entice viewers to get stereo sound on their TV sets. The promotional clip was also chosen by Pioneer Electronics to be part of their first demo disc for its then-new Laserdisc player.
The album also features a track entitled "Never Been Gone", which has gone on to become a fan favorite, as well as one of Simon's personal favorites. In 2009, she would release an album entitled after the track.
SPY is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:
- SPDR S&P 500 (spiders), formerly called Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts
- SPY (magazine), a satirical monthly, trademarked all-caps
- SPY (Ivory Coast), airport code for San Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire
- SPY, short for MOWAG SPY, a military vehicle
- SPY ACT (Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass), a 2005 cyber-security regulation proposal
- SPY (musical artist), is the moniker used by J. Ralph
- SPY (2015 TV series), South Korean television series
Spy is a 2015 American spy comedy film written and directed by Paul Feig. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, and Jude Law, the film follows the transformation of desk-bound CIA analyst Susan Cooper (McCarthy) into a field agent who attempts to foil the black market sale of a suitcase nuke.
Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Feig and Jessie Henderson, the film was theatrically released on June 5, 2015. It received praise from critics and was a box office success. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for McCarthy.
Spy (, stylized as SPY) is a 2015 South Korean television series based on the Israeli drama The Gordin Cell but modified to depict North/South Korean relations. A family drama with spy thriller elements, it starred Kim Jae-joong as a genius analyst working for the National Intelligence Service (NIS), while Bae Jong-ok played his mother, an ex-spy from North Korea.
SPY aired two episodes a week back to back on Fridays on KBS2 from January 9 to March 6, 2015 for a total of 16 episodes.
Usage examples of "spy".
Everett were just stepping out of the stables when they spied Abigail and Moira strolling toward them, talking and laughing.
The abomination could only be a Cishaurim spy, ergo Achamian is connected to the Cishaurim.
But thus far there had been no other craft sighted on the waters, although smokes were visible from the many Aliansa village sites and a small group of aborigines was spied netting fish in the shallows.
Captain Michales had sent All Aga there to spy, to eavesdrop on the servants and find out if Nuri really was seriously wounded.
I ran, carrying the cat litter box like a pizza tray, disrupting the class, causing Winnie to become highly agitato, unable to explain because I had a cigar in my mouth and was carrying a pizza tray and running for my life from men who were carrying wildly beeping receivers which made them Israeli spies and men who were wildly firing weapons which made them Arab terrorists and the whole macho parade failing to arouse or interest the girls in the slightest, which, of course, made them lesbians.
Passed herselfoffas an agoraphobic and joined the group in order to spy and collect dirt.
At the same time I sent to Schill a clever spy, who gave him a most alarming account of the means of defence which Hamburg possessed.
Spies had been circulated about Alb to spread the rumor that Penvey was to be attacked.
When the spy master sprinkled alegar over an egg and held it in the light of a particular lamp, the powder rose like mist.
When she added of yellow gossypol to the alegar, the mist became a face and the egg became a short-lived conduit between the spy master and her spy.
We did catch that ion trail last week, and it could very well be Amalgamated spies, just checking up on us.
They were employed by his agency, but he frequently sent them off on detached duty all over the country, to raid or spy in every known political or ameliorative gathering.
For Amit, the greatest tools of spy craft are imagination and creativity, and both marked his tenure.
Here, too, more spies met us, who said that the great army of Atene was posted guarding the city bridges, and that to attack it with our little force would mean destruction.
DonaJuanita de Elia is not a spy, ather, for I know she is and you know the selfsame thing.