Answer: STAKEOUT
STAKEOUT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 13 times.
Referring Clues:
- Police action
 - Plan to catch a criminal
 - Surveillance by the police
 - Police work
 - Police surveillance
 - Police procedure
 - *Police surveillance
 - Watch, as a criminals' hiding spot
 - Police operation ... or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across?
 - *Surveillance session
 - Surveillance tactic
 - Police operation requiring patience
 - Extended form of surveillance
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 25, 2023
 - New York Times - April 09, 2023
 - LA Times - December 06, 2020
 - USA Today - April 23, 2020
 - New York Times - March 27, 2017
 - New York Times - March 05, 2017
 - LA Times - January 20, 2016
 - USA Today - April 17, 2013
 - Netword - March 24, 2013
 - New York Times - February 06, 2009
 - King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - January 04, 2009
 - Netword - November 27, 2005
 - New York Times - November 21, 2004
 - Washington Post - February 08, 2001
 
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