Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
Sun Feb 18, 2024 | 42A | Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in "foreign satellite interception" | Sid Sivakumar |
Fri Jan 26, 2024 | 8D | Org. that advises on ransomware risk mitigation | Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa |
Wed Jan 24, 2024 | 34A | Its HQ is sometimes called "Crypto City" | John-Clark Levin |
Sat Jan 6, 2024 | 47A | Org. that maintains a museum in Annapolis Junction, Md. | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao |
Thu Nov 30, 2023 | 42A | Org. in the Oscar-winning documentary "Citizenfour" | Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen |
Tue Nov 28, 2023 | 21A | Surveillance org. (5) | Gia Bosko |
Thu Nov 9, 2023 | 37D | Surveillance org. (5) | Simeon Seigel |
Tue Oct 17, 2023 | 45D | Intelligence org. (4) | Dominic Grillo |
Sat Sep 30, 2023 | 40A | Org. associated with interceptions | Ahmed Bayoumi |
Mon Sep 25, 2023 | 60A | U.S. org. with cryptologists | Lynn Lempel |
Thu Sep 21, 2023 | 35A | Org. concerned with cyberwarfare | Dan Caprera |
Sun Aug 6, 2023 | 80A | Govt. employer of cryptologists | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |
Sun Jul 30, 2023 | 75D | U.S. intelligence org. (4) | John Kugelman |
Sun Jul 23, 2023 | 105A | Member org. of the Five Eyes alliance | Chandi Deitmer |
Tue Jul 18, 2023 | 1A | U.S. intelligence org. (4) | Karen and Paul Steinberg |
Thu Jul 13, 2023 | 22A | Org. protecting U.S. information systems | Hanh Huynh |
Wed May 3, 2023 | 64D | D.C. group engaged in [REDACTED] | Samuel A. Donaldson |
Sun Apr 2, 2023 | 34A | Grp. with cryptanalysts | Jeremy Newton and Tracy Gray |
Mon Mar 27, 2023 | 25A | U.S. intelligence grp. | Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart |
Sun Feb 19, 2023 | 73A | Intelligence org. (4) | Rebecca Goldstein |
Wed Dec 14, 2022 | 54A | Surveillance org. (5) | Matthew Stock |
Tue Dec 6, 2022 | 68A | Org. with a cryptologic museum | Ross Trudeau and Wyna Liu |
Wed Nov 9, 2022 | 4D | Cyb-org.? | David Tuffs |
Mon Nov 7, 2022 | 59D | Intelligence org. (4) | Jill Singer |
Thu Sep 8, 2022 | 35D | Org. whose annual budget isn't public | Matthew Stock |
Fri Aug 26, 2022 | 28D | Big employer of U.S. mathematicians, in brief | Robert Logan |
Mon Aug 15, 2022 | 33D | Top-secret government org. | Simon Marotte |
Thu Mar 3, 2022 | 57D | Org. whose logo has an eagle grasping a key | August Lee-Kovach |
Sun Feb 27, 2022 | 90D | Phone-tracking org. | Sheldon Polonsky |
Tue Feb 15, 2022 | 58D | Covert org. (2) | Claire Rimkus |
Sat Feb 12, 2022 | 39A | Org. tracking metadata | Mary Lou Guizzo |
Thu Feb 3, 2022 | 70A | Org. Edward Snowden once worked for | Adam Wagner |
Fri Jan 14, 2022 | 3D | Org. whose initials are found in "unsafe," ironically | Matthew Stock and Sid Sivakumar |
Tue Dec 14, 2021 | 3D | Secretive org. (6) | Tao Platt |
Sun Dec 5, 2021 | 48D | Org. that hires cryptanalysts | Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen |
Tue Nov 30, 2021 | 60D | Home to many cybersafety experts, in brief | Billy Ouska |
Sun Oct 31, 2021 | 80A | Code-cracking grp. (2) | Alex Eaton-Salners |
Sun Oct 10, 2021 | 30D | Org. with an annual Codebreaker Challenge (2) | Brandon Koppy |
Wed Aug 18, 2021 | 22A | Edward Snowden's former employer, in brief | Alina Abidi |
Sun Aug 8, 2021 | 70D | "The Puzzle Palace" org. (2) | Christina Iverson and Jeff Chen |
Mon May 17, 2021 | 22A | Govt. org. with a classified budget | Wren Schultz |
Sat May 8, 2021 | 42A | Org. with an annual Codebreaker Challenge (2) | David Steinberg |
Thu Apr 22, 2021 | 57A | Classified org. | Jem Burch |
Fri Mar 26, 2021 | 35D | Org. with 1-Across | Daniel Larsen |
Mon Feb 22, 2021 | 27A | U.S. intelligence org. (4) | Barbara Lin |
Sun Feb 14, 2021 | 117D | Surveillance org. (5) | Lisa Bunker |
Sun Jan 24, 2021 | 77A | Govt. org. with a forerunner known as the Black Chamber | Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau |
Tue Dec 15, 2020 | 60D | Source of information leaked by Edward Snowden, for short | Adam Vincent |
Thu Oct 8, 2020 | 54D | Org.? What org.? | Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen |
Sat May 30, 2020 | 6D | Only account Edward Snowden follows on Twitter | Brian Thomas |
Mon May 18, 2020 | 66D | Secretive government org. | Christina Iverson |
Sun Jan 12, 2020 | 61D | Secretive org. (6) | Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg |
Fri Dec 20, 2019 | 56D | Org. that shares its HQ with Cyber Command | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Tue Oct 29, 2019 | 53A | Intelligence-gathering org. (2) | Evan Mahnken |
Mon Oct 21, 2019 | 21A | Org. for which Edward Snowden once worked (3) | Joe Deeney |
Tue Sep 17, 2019 | 20A | C.I.A. sister service | Paul Coulter |
Sat May 18, 2019 | 58A | Subj. of the 2017 memoir "Working on the Dark Side of the Moon" | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
Sun Apr 14, 2019 | 43A | Cryptanalysis org. (4) | Will Nediger |
Sun Jan 27, 2019 | 113D | Code-cracking org. (9) | Randolph Ross |
Tue Nov 13, 2018 | 63D | Org. based in Fort Meade, Md. | John Ciolfi |
Fri Oct 26, 2018 | 52D | It checks for leaks, for short | Evan Kalish |
Fri Sep 14, 2018 | 50D | D.O.D. division | John Guzzetta |
Sun Sep 2, 2018 | 39D | Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade, Md. | Tom McCoy |
Mon Aug 6, 2018 | 12D | Hush-hush grp. (6) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
Sat Jun 30, 2018 | 55D | Org. in the documentary "Citizenfour" (2) | Andy Kravis |
Mon Jun 11, 2018 | 52A | Hush-hush government org. | Gary Cee |
Sun Apr 29, 2018 | 54D | Cryptanalysis org. (4) | Peter Wentz |
Sat Mar 10, 2018 | 38A | Org. concerned with cracking and leaking | Ryan McCarty |
Sun Jan 14, 2018 | 41A | Bug-studying org. | Joel Fagliano |
Mon Dec 18, 2017 | 30D | Covert govt. org. | Bruce Haight |
Thu Nov 30, 2017 | 55A | Org. whose symbol is an eagle atop a key (2) | Trenton Charlson |
Sun Nov 5, 2017 | 119D | Eavesdropping org. (3) | Natan Last |
Thu Aug 24, 2017 | 70A | Org. whose budget is classified | Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg |
Wed Apr 5, 2017 | 19D | "Crypto City" at Ft. Meade | Alex Eaton-Salners |
Wed Mar 15, 2017 | 64D | Intel org. (3) | Bruce Haight |
Sun Mar 12, 2017 | 87A | Grp. in the Oscar-winning documentary "Citizenfour" | Alan Arbesfeld |
Sun Jan 15, 2017 | 120D | Govt. org. that offers a monthly "Puzzle Periodical" | Joel Fagliano |
Sun Jan 8, 2017 | 113D | "Snowden" org. | Peter Broda and Erik Agard |
Mon Nov 21, 2016 | 61D | Org. for which Edward Snowden once worked (3) | John Lieb |
Sun Nov 13, 2016 | 61D | Org. in "Snowden" | Joel Fagliano |
Fri Oct 7, 2016 | 23A | Org. whose symbol is an eagle atop a key (2) | Robyn Weintraub |
Thu Jul 21, 2016 | 61A | Crack team, for short? | Jason Flinn |
Sat Jun 25, 2016 | 32A | Org. whose logo has a talon-gripped key | Kameron Austin Collins |
Thu Jun 23, 2016 | 9D | Cryptanalysis org. (4) | Megan Amram and David Kwong |
Tue May 10, 2016 | 33A | Covert org. (2) | David Kwong |
Sat Apr 16, 2016 | 27A | Org. in the documentary "Citizenfour" (2) | Andrew Zhou |
Sun Jan 17, 2016 | 118D | Intel org. officially formed by Truman | Jeff Chen |
Sat Jan 9, 2016 | 43A | Hush-hush org. (7) | Jason Flinn |
Fri Jun 26, 2015 | 9D | Metadata collector, for short | Erin Rhode |
Sun Apr 26, 2015 | 55A | Org. of concern to Edward Snowden | Patrick Berry |
Wed Apr 8, 2015 | 54A | U.S. counterpart to Britain's GCHQ | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Sat Feb 28, 2015 | 34A | Group of crackers, for short? | Barry C. Silk |
Wed Jan 7, 2015 | 24D | Intel org. (3) | Greg Johnson |
Sun Jan 4, 2015 | 111D | Edward Snowden subj. | Finn Vigeland |
Mon Dec 29, 2014 | 20A | U.S. intelligence org. (4) | Peter A. Collins |
Sun Sep 28, 2014 | 31A | Org. implementing the Protect America Act | Todd Gross |
Thu Sep 4, 2014 | 5D | Org. whose annual budget is classified | Samuel A. Donaldson |
Mon Aug 11, 2014 | 30A | Phone-tapping org. | David Steinberg and Bernice Gordon |
Thu Jul 24, 2014 | 46D | Org. for which Edward Snowden once worked (3) | David Phillips |
Fri Jun 20, 2014 | 37A | Defense Department dept. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Tue Jun 17, 2014 | 71A | Org. named in WikiLeaks documents | Zhouqin Burnikel |
Sat Feb 22, 2014 | 63D | Tapping grp. | Evan Birnholz |
Sun Feb 16, 2014 | 75A | Subj. of Snowden leaks | Yaakov Bendavid |
Sat Nov 9, 2013 | 22A | Noted eavesdropper, for short | Michael Ashley |
Wed Sep 4, 2013 | 39D | Org. with its HQ in Fort Meade | Joel Fagliano |
Wed Aug 14, 2013 | 11A | Decryption org. (4) | Sarah Keller |
Sat May 18, 2013 | 20A | Intel processor? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
Wed Feb 27, 2013 | 68A | Code-cracking org. (9) | Daniel Kantor |
Mon Dec 24, 2012 | 59D | Secretive org. (6) | Michael Sharp |
Tue Nov 6, 2012 | 14D | Intelligence org. (4) | Erik Agard |
Fri Sep 14, 2012 | 4D | Grp. concerned with hacking | Peter A. Collins |
Thu Jun 14, 2012 | 10D | Code-cracking org. (9) | Tracy Gray |
Sun May 13, 2012 | 117D | Surveillance org. (5) | Ben Tausig |
Tue May 8, 2012 | 65D | Cryptologists' org. (3) | Lynn Lempel |
Thu May 3, 2012 | 32D | Org. associated with U.S. Cyber Command | Neville Fogarty |
Thu Apr 12, 2012 | 1A | Govt. org. whose logo depicts an eagle standing on a key | Michael Shteyman |
Mon Mar 12, 2012 | 28D | Org. protecting U.S. secrets | Lynn Lempel |
Thu Mar 8, 2012 | 1A | Org. whose annual budget is classified information | Bill Thompson |
Tue Jan 10, 2012 | 56A | American defense org. | Gary Cee |
Sat Dec 31, 2011 | 43A | Wiretapping grp. | Joe Krozel |
Sun Nov 20, 2011 | 82D | Intel interpreter, for short | Trip Payne |
Wed Jun 22, 2011 | 37A | "Red Storm Rising" grp. | Tim Croce |
Tue May 3, 2011 | 64D | Subj. of the book "The Puzzle Palace" | Kevan Choset |
Tue Apr 12, 2011 | 56D | Supersecret org. | Barry C. Silk |
Tue Mar 22, 2011 | 15A | Code-cracking org. (9) | Albert R. Picallo |
Sun Feb 27, 2011 | 110D | Code-breaking grp. | Peter A. Collins |
Sun Feb 20, 2011 | 118D | Hush-hush grp. (6) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Sun Jan 2, 2011 | 29D | Ultrasecret org. (3) | David Levinson Wilk |
Tue Sep 14, 2010 | 34D | Source of intelligence: Abbr. | Eshan Mitra, Brown University '12 |
Sun Jun 13, 2010 | 96D | Cryptologist's org. (3) | Francis Heaney |
Wed May 12, 2010 | 69D | Secretive org. (6) | Pete Muller |
Tue Mar 23, 2010 | 68A | Code-breaking org. (2) | Kurt Krauss |
Wed Feb 17, 2010 | 58A | Cryptanalyst's org. | Elizabeth A. Long |
Sat Feb 13, 2010 | 60A | Intelligence grp. (2) | Ashish Vengsarkar |
Thu Dec 3, 2009 | 8D | Code-breaking central, in brief | Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller |
Sun Oct 25, 2009 | 44D | Hush-hush org. (7) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Sun Oct 18, 2009 | 96D | Code-cracking grp. (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Mon Aug 24, 2009 | 54D | Intelligence-gathering org. (2) | Anthony J. Salvia |
Sun Jul 26, 2009 | 151A | Org. in Clancy's "Red Storm Rising" | Kevin G. Der |
Sun Feb 22, 2009 | 80A | Fort Meade org. (2) | Barry C. Silk & Doug Peterson |
Mon Jan 26, 2009 | 43A | Hush-hush org. (7) | Timothy Powell and Nancy Salomon |
Thu Jan 15, 2009 | 63D | Code crackers' org. (2) | Patrick Blindauer |
Tue Jan 13, 2009 | 48A | Secret govt. group | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
Sun Dec 21, 2008 | 119A | Code-cracking org. (9) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Fri Nov 21, 2008 | 17A | Hush-hush org. (7) | Patrick Berry |
Thu Sep 11, 2008 | 37D | Ultrasecret org. (3) | Caleb Madison |
Thu Aug 21, 2008 | 29A | Cryptanalysis org. (4) | Gary J. Whitehead |
Sun Jul 27, 2008 | 78D | Cipher org. (2) | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot |
Tue Jul 8, 2008 | 63D | Code-crackers' org. (2) | Andrea Carla Michaels |
Tue Jun 3, 2008 | 8D | Code-cracking org. (9) | Pete Muller |
Thu May 1, 2008 | 49A | Intel org. (3) | Jim Leeds |
Thu Apr 24, 2008 | 60A | Secretive org. (6) | Michael Langwald |
Tue Dec 25, 2007 | 65D | Supersecretive intelligence org. | Nancy Salomon |
Wed Nov 14, 2007 | 33D | Code-cracking org. (9) | Jim Page |
Wed Sep 26, 2007 | 21A | Govt. code-breaking group | Lee Glickstein and Craig Kasper |
Sun Jun 17, 2007 | 119D | Intelligence grp. (2) | Tony Orbach & Patrick Blindauer |
Wed Mar 21, 2007 | 62D | Cryptologist's org. (3) | Ed Early |
Fri Jan 19, 2007 | 58D | "The Puzzle Palace" org. (2) | Karen M. Tracey |
Tue Dec 12, 2006 | 50A | Decryption org. (4) | Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming |
Sun Nov 5, 2006 | 54D | Hush-hush govt. org. (2) | Derrick Niederman |
Sun Oct 15, 2006 | 128D | Hush-hush grp. (6) | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
Wed Sep 13, 2006 | 62D | Secret org. | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
Thu Aug 17, 2006 | 43A | Decryption org. (4) | Harvey Estes |
Fri Jul 21, 2006 | 19A | Cipher org. (2) | Kyle Mahowald |
Sun Jul 2, 2006 | 59D | Top-secret grp. | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
Wed Jun 21, 2006 | 42A | Fort Meade org. (2) | Barry C. Silk |
Sun Jul 24, 2005 | 91A | Eavesdropping org. (3) | Frank Longo |
Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 84A | 55-Across relative | Joe DiPietro |
Thu May 19, 2005 | 47A | Secretive org. (6) | Barbara Olson |
Tue Apr 12, 2005 | 31A | Govt. code breakers | Nancy Salomon |
Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 30A | Org. with a key-holding eagle in its logo | Patrick Merrell |
Thu Feb 17, 2005 | 57D | Hush-hush grp. (6) | Patrick Merrell |
Wed Nov 17, 2004 | 36A | Hush-hush org. (7) | Richard Silvestri |
Sun Aug 15, 2004 | 96D | Ultrasecret org. (3) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Tue May 4, 2004 | 51A | Hush-hush D.C. org. (2) | Eric Berlin |
Fri Feb 13, 2004 | 31A | U.S. code and cipher grp. | Manny Nosowsky |
Tue Feb 3, 2004 | 47A | Govt. code crackers | Joe Bower and Nancy Salomon |
Mon Dec 29, 2003 | 49A | Hush-hush org. (7) | Gregory E. Paul |
Tue Dec 2, 2003 | 32D | Fed. hush-hush group (2) | Harvey Estes |
Tue Jun 24, 2003 | 27D | Code-breaking org. (2) | Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon |
Thu Nov 7, 2002 | 3D | Decryption org. (4) | Patrick Merrell |
Tue Aug 6, 2002 | 28A | Codebreakers' org. | Ethan Cooper and Michael Shteyman |
Sat Apr 6, 2002 | 37D | Hush-hush grp. (6) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
Tue Feb 5, 2002 | 23A | Cryptologic grp. | Alan J. Weiss |
Fri Jan 18, 2002 | 20D | Hush-hush govt. group (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
Wed Jan 16, 2002 | 50A | Govt. org. that employs mathematicians | Linda Bushman |
Sat Jan 5, 2002 | 29A | Intelligence grp. established by Truman | Rich Norris |
Sun Jul 22, 2001 | 41A | Code-breaking govt. group | Patrick Berry |
Sun May 20, 2001 | 104D | Secrets keeper: Abbr. | Alan Arbesfeld |
Sun Dec 10, 2000 | 67A | Hush-hush grp. (6) | Rich Norris |
Mon Nov 6, 2000 | 44A | Code-cracking org. (9) | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
Sat Sep 16, 2000 | 61D | Code crackers: Abbr. | Robert H. Wolfe |
Thu Jul 13, 2000 | 62A | Fed. hush-hush group (2) | Rich Norris |
Tue Feb 1, 2000 | 37D | Code-cracking org. (9) | A. J. Santora |
Fri May 14, 1999 | 58D | Eavesdropping org. (3) | Frank Longo |
Sun Oct 18, 1998 | 43D | Hush-hush D.C. org. (2) | David J. Kahn |
Thu Oct 23, 1997 | 62D | Hush-hush org. (7) | Frances Hansen |
Mon Sep 22, 1997 | 37A | Hush-hush govt. group (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
Sun Aug 24, 1997 | 95A | Govt. intelligence org. | Michael S. Maurer |
Mon Jan 23, 1995 | 45A | Hush-hush govt. org. (2) | Sidney L. Robbins |
Sun Dec 18, 1994 | 146A | Govt. code grp. | Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn |
Thu May 19, 1994 | 59D | Hush-hush D.C. grp. | Richard Silvestri |