Answer: KGB
KGB is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 110 times.
Referring Clues:
- Vladimir Putin's onetime org.
 - Cold war grp.
 - Former Vladimir Putin org.
 - Background of Vladimir Putin, for short
 - Org. in which Putin was once an officer
 - Putin's former org.
 - Sov. secret service
 - CIA's Soviet counterpart
 - Cold War undercover gp.
 - Where Putin put in time, once
 - Cold War org.
 - Frequent 007 adversary
 - FSB's predecessor in Russia
 - Russian spy org.
 - Frequent 007 foe
 - Spy novel org.
 - CIA rival, once
 - U.S.S.R. spy group
 - Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 yrs.
 - Soviet spy org.
 - Old CIA foe
 - Security agcy. dismantled in 1991
 - "The Sword and the Shield" org.
 - USSR intelligence org.
 - Old USSR spy gp.
 - Former CIA counterpart
 - Former Soviet spy agcy.
 - Putin's onetime employer
 - 007 adversary
 - Soviet intelligence initials
 - Its emblem had a sword and shield
 - Soviet security agcy.
 - Vladimir Putin's one-time org.
 - One-time CIA rival
 - CIA Cold War opponent
 - Former gp. from the Kremlin
 - Fleming foe
 - Clandestine gp.
 - Soviet spy agcy.
 - "The Kremlin Letter" org.
 - Cold War foe of the 34-Down
 - Putin's employer in the 1980s
 - Former org. for Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev
 - Cold War spy org.
 - CIA Cold War counterpart
 - Anti-Bond org.
 - USSR spy org.
 - Longtime CIA rival
 - Old spy gp.
 - Old 123-Down foe
 - Old CIA rival
 - Bond adversary
 - Spy grp. dissolved in 1991
 - USSR's CIA
 - Soviet CIA
 - Soviet Union spy org.
 - Former spy group
 - Spy org. until 1991
 - Former clandestine org.
 - Lavrenty Beria's bunch
 - Where Putin got his professional start
 - Putin's old org.
 - Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short
 - U.S.S.R. security org.
 - USSR secret service
 - Cold War CIA foe
 - Putin's former employer
 - Source of some shadows, for short
 - USSR espionage org.
 - CIA Cold War foe
 - Hush-hush org.
 - Putin's 1980s employer
 - C.I.A. : U.S. :: ___ : Soviet Union
 - Enemy org. in many a spy thriller
 - USSR secret police
 - Cold War spy gp.
 - Org. in some le Carré novels
 - Org. in a le Carré novel
 - Employer of the Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me," for short
 - Spy org. in Bond movies
 - Old C.I.A. foe
 - "The Spy Who Loved Me" org.
 - Cold War adversary
 - Russian CIA
 - Erstwhile CIA rival
 - Cold War gp.
 - C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart
 - "The Americans" spy grp.
 - Org. disbanded in 1991
 - Clandestine USSR org.
 - Erstwhile CIA adversary
 - Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 years, in brief
 - Cold War agcy.
 - USSR agency
 - Soviet espionage org.
 - Illya Kuryakin's org. in the film "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
 - Spy grp. until 1991
 - U.S.S.R. intelligence org.
 - Spy org. that split up in 1991
 - Cold War inits.
 - Old USSR espionage gp.
 - Spy org. in "The Americans"
 - "Bridge of Spies" org.
 - Putin's USSR employer
 - Org. seen in some 11-Downs
 - Org. that "Moscow Centre" represents in George Smiley novels
 - Security org. dismantled in 1991
 - Org. of the main characters in "The Americans"
 - Onetime C.I.A. foe
 - Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - June 18, 2025
 - New York Times - May 01, 2025
 - LA Times - February 12, 2025
 - New York Times - January 22, 2025
 - LA Times - September 14, 2024
 - USA Today - August 12, 2024
 - LA Times - May 30, 2023
 - New York Times - September 09, 2022
 - LA Times - July 27, 2022
 - New York Times - June 09, 2022
 - LA Times - April 15, 2022
 - New York Times - April 09, 2022
 - LA Times - December 10, 2021
 - New York Times - August 28, 2021
 - USA Today - August 18, 2021
 - LA Times - August 01, 2021
 - New York Times - July 21, 2021
 - Netword - April 27, 2021
 - Universal - March 24, 2021
 - Universal - February 23, 2021
 
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