Answer: COVERT
COVERT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 25 times.
Referring Clues:
- Like C.I.A. operations
 - Not apparent
 - Hidden from view
 - Like a dirty-tricks campaign
 - Disguised
 - Concealed
 - Hidden
 - Secret
 - Like a CIA operation
 - Behind-the-scenes
 - Kind of action
 - Behind the scenes
 - Like many CIA ops
 - Clandestine
 - Surreptitious
 - Like some operations
 - Hush-hush
 - Want selfishly
 - Undercover
 - Like cloak-and-dagger operations
 - On the down-low
 - Hugger-mugger
 - Definitely not apparent
 - Secret, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
 - *Done openly
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 29, 2021
 - Universal - April 13, 2021
 - USA Today - November 23, 2020
 - Universal - October 23, 2018
 - New York Times - January 01, 2017
 - New York Times - December 30, 2016
 - Netword - November 19, 2015
 - New York Times - July 03, 2015
 - Washington Post - July 23, 2014
 - Universal - March 07, 2014
 - New York Times - December 12, 2013
 - Washington Post - October 05, 2013
 - LA Times - July 09, 2013
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 14, 2013
 - New York Times - April 05, 2013
 - New York Times - April 01, 2013
 - Washington Post - March 23, 2013
 - LA Times - March 31, 2012
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 25, 2011
 - LA Times - August 10, 2010
 
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