| CIA relative | 12 |
| Hush-hush grp. | 14 |
| Hush-hush govt. org. | 20 |
| Hush-hush D.C. org. | 19 |
| Govt. code crackers | 19 |
| Fed. hush-hush group | 20 |
| Electronic surveillance gp. | 27 |
| U.S. intelligence org. | 22 |
| U.S. code and cipher grp. | 25 |
| Intel org. | 10 |
| Hush-hush govt. group | 21 |
| Edward Snowden's former employer | 36 |
| Decoding org. | 13 |
| Cryptanalysis org. | 18 |
| Code-cracking gp. | 17 |
| Code-breaking govt. group | 25 |
| Advisers to POTUS | 17 |
| Ultra-secret org. | 17 |
| U.S. eavesdropping org. | 23 |
| Top-secret U.S. org. | 20 |
| Top-secret org. | 15 |
| Top secret org. | 15 |
| Supersecret org. | 16 |
| Super-secretive government org. | 31 |
| Secret govt. group | 18 |
| Personals ad abbr. | 18 |
| Org. in the film "Sneakers" | 37 |
| National code-cracking org. | 27 |
| Intelligence gathering dept. | 28 |
| Intel processor? | 16 |
| Intel collector hidden in nine puzzle answers | 45 |
| Hush-hush govt. grp. | 20 |
| Hush-hush govt. gp. | 19 |
| Hush-hush govt. agency | 22 |
| Govt. hush-hush org. | 20 |
| Govt. hush-hush gp. | 19 |
| Govt. decipherers | 17 |
| Govt. cryptanalysis org. | 24 |
| Govt. code-breaking group | 25 |
| Govt. code breakers | 19 |
| Fort Meade org. | 15 |
| DOD arm | 7 |
| Cryptologist's org. | 23 |
| Cryptologic org. | 16 |
| Cryptologic grp. | 16 |
| Cryptologic govt. org. | 22 |
| Controversial wiretapping gp. | 29 |
| Codebreaking govt. org. | 23 |
| Code-breaking gp. | 17 |
| Code-breaking D.C. gp. | 22 |
| Cipher org. | 11 |
| Certain intelligence org. | 25 |
| Bug-loving org. | 15 |
| "Enemy of the State" org. | 35 |
| "Defending Our Nation. Securing the Future" org. | 58 |
| Without commitment, in personal ads | 35 |
| Wiretapping scandal gp. | 23 |
| Wiretapping org. | 16 |
| Wire-tapping org. | 17 |
| Ultra-secretive org. | 20 |
| Ultra-secretive gp. | 19 |
| U.S. scholastic org. | 20 |
| U.S. agency with a "CryptoKids" program | 49 |
| Transportation org. | 19 |
| Top-secret intelligence org. | 28 |
| Top-secret grp. | 15 |
| Top-secret gp. | 14 |
| Top-secret govt. org. | 21 |
| Their "motto" is "never say anything": Abbr. | 64 |
| Tapping grp. | 12 |
| Tapping gp. | 11 |
| Supersecretive intelligence org. | 32 |
| Supersecretive government org. | 30 |
| Super-secretive org. | 20 |
| Super-secretive dept. | 21 |
| Super-secret intelligence gp. | 29 |
| Super-secret defense gp. | 24 |
| Subj. of the book "The Puzzle Palace" | 47 |
| Subj. of Snowden leaks | 22 |
| Source of intelligence: Abbr. | 29 |
| Signals Intelligence govt. agcy. | 32 |
| Secrets keeper: Abbr. | 21 |
| Secretive U.S. org. | 19 |
| Secretive U.S. gp. | 18 |
| Secretive govt. org. | 20 |
| Secretive govt. group | 21 |
| Secret U.S. govt. group | 23 |
| Secret decoder ring?: Abbr. | 28 |
| Sea-trade org. | 14 |
| Phone-tapping org. | 18 |
| Personals shorthand for casual romance | 38 |
| Part of the U.S. intelligence community | 39 |
| Part of the Dept. of Defense | 28 |
| Org. with its HQ in Fort Meade | 30 |
| Org. with its HQ at Fort Meade, Md. | 35 |
| Org. with intel | 15 |
| Org. with a super-creepy "CryptoKids" program | 55 |
| Org. with a key-holding eagle in its logo | 41 |
| Org. whose logo is an eagle perched on a key | 44 |
| Org. whose documents Snowden leaked | 35 |