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Black ___ (secret missions)

Last seen in Universal Crossword July 28, 2025 Answers

The answer to the crossword clue "Black ___ (secret missions)" is most likely OPS, a 3-letter word. This clue last appeared in the Universal Crossword crossword on July 28, 2025, and we found 146 possible solutions in total. Our confidence in OPS sits at 99%, calculated from its frequency across multiple crossword publications.

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146 Other Potential Answers

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OPS
Black ___ (secret missions)
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
5%
BREAKINGTHERULES
Cheating, or what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 11, and 13 are doing
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2026
5%
CLUE
Game with secret passages
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 2, 2026
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GANGBUSTERS
Wildly successful, or what three black squares in this puzzle literally are
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
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NASA
Org. running many missions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2026
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AVOIDAVOID
Vague advice for space travelers worried about black holes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
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GNAR
Shred the __: crush a black diamond run, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2026
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NOSYMANSLAND
Where it's hard to keep a secret?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 17, 2026
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GOTHS
Folks who may dress in all black
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
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INON
Aware of, as a secret
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
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THEDEADMANSHAND
Black aces and black eights
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
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EMOHAIR
Choppy, layered style with black bangs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
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EMO
Subculture associated with black hair dye
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
5%
DOUBLELIFE
Burden of a secret agent, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
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UVTATTOO
Skin art only visible in black light
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
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GAINSMASS
Grows, as a black hole
Universal Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
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PRINTERINK
It can be cyan, magenta, yellow or black
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
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PSST
"Hey, can you keep a secret?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
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SEPARATE
With 65-Across, request from some diners, or what a black square creates in rows 3, 6, 8, and 10 of this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
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AGED
Like black vinegar
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2025
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ELOPE
Participate in a secret exchange
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
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MOLENEGRO
Traditional black Oaxacan sauce
Universal Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
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ENCODED
Made secret, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 28, 2025
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PRIVYTO
In on, as a secret
Universal Crossword · Nov 25, 2025
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TARS
Covers with black goo
Universal Crossword · Nov 22, 2025
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SCORCH
Leave a black mark on, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
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HEX
Bit of black magic
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
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ENDS
Fades to black, say
Universal Crossword · Sep 9, 2025
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SEED
Sunflower part that may be black
Universal Crossword · Aug 29, 2025
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MIXINGMETAPHORS
Stylistic faux pas that puts an editor between a rock and a black sheep?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2025
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DOJO
Place to earn a black belt
Universal Crossword · Jul 11, 2025
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INKCAP
Mushroom that drips black liquid
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2025
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VEGANMENU
List that may include black bean chili and mushroom pot pie
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2025
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CORAL
With 52-Down, reptile with red, yellow, and black bands
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2025
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THE
With 65-Across, 2022 black comedy film set in a restaurant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2025
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EVAS
Some NASA missions
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2025
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SKIPASS
Ticket for a black diamond enthusiast
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2025
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SHARPDRESSEDMAN
*ZZ Top hit with the lyric "Silk suit, black tie"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2025
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TOLD
Couldn't keep a secret
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 8, 2025
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STEEP
Like some black diamond runs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
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CHEATCODE
Gamer's secret
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
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NOBU
Fusion chain with a signature miso-glazed black cod dish
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 1, 2025
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NOIRE
French for "black"
Universal Crossword · Mar 27, 2025
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GRAYSCALE
Range between white and black, and where the starts of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 53-Across can be found
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
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SPADE
Certain black card
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2025
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SPADES
Certain black suit
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2025
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GOINGDOWNHILLFAST
Lindsey Vonn's secret to winning the super G?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
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PUGGLE
Designer dog crossbreed with a black snout
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 30, 2025
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SPIED
Worked as a secret agent
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2025
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PLOT
Make a secret plan
Universal Crossword · Jan 21, 2025
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CALPAC
Turk’s large, black cap
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
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SKI
Traverse a black diamond slope, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2024
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SPLITENDS
One reason to get a haircut ... or what four black squares in this puzzle do?
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2024
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BIGMOUTH
Person unlikely to keep a secret
Universal Crossword · Nov 3, 2024
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POPPY
Bagel variety with black seeds
Universal Crossword · Oct 21, 2024
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ELOPED
Formed a secret union?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 6, 2024
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TAR
Sticky black stuff
Universal Crossword · Sep 29, 2024
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CAHOOTS
(In) a secret partnership (with)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 29, 2024
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SILK
Fabric used for the black covering of Mecca's Kaaba
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
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KEEP
"Can you __ a secret?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 15, 2024
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SALEM
Talking black cat in "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
Universal Crossword · Sep 10, 2024
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AREWEALONE
Lead-in to a secret
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2024
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CHRISTMASDECOLORATION
Repainting all your yuletide ornaments black and white?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 1, 2024
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OUTINGTHOMAS
Publicly revealing Edison’s secret?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Aug 11, 2024
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DARK
With 60-Across, hypothetical substance in outer space ... and a literal hint to six black squares in this puzzle
Universal Crossword · Aug 8, 2024
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JET
Lustrous black
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Aug 6, 2024
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EBONY
Tree with black wood
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2024
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DYED
Went back to black, perhaps
Universal Crossword · Jul 10, 2024
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ENCODE
Make secret, in a way
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jul 1, 2024
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ENCODES
Converts into a secret message
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 1, 2024
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ESPRESSOBAR
Place to order a long black
Universal Crossword · Jun 28, 2024
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STRIKEOIL
Discover black gold
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 24, 2024
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TONG
Chinese secret society
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 15, 2024
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ICANTTELLYOUWHY
"My motives have to remain a secret"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2024
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SABLE
Shade of black
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 29, 2024
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SPECIALSAUCE
Condiment with a secret recipe
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2024
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NOBODY
With 38- and 57-Across, "Dirty Dancing" quote ... and why four black squares are keeping you from completing this puzzle
Universal Crossword · Apr 19, 2024
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KAHLUA
Ingredient in a white or black Russian
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 3, 2024
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BAABAA
"__, black sheep ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 1, 2024
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NONBINARYFLAG
Pride banner with yellow, white, purple, and black stripes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2024
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ILLUMINATI
Enlightenment-era secret society
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 6, 2024
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ATACAMA
Region of Chile used by NASA to test equipment for Mars missions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2024
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EMBASSYROW
Part of D.C. with many diplomatic missions
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2024
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LIES
"The ties were black, the ___ were white" (Taylor Swift lyric)
Universal Crossword · Feb 11, 2024
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ORANGEPEKOE
Tea that's black, surprisingly
Universal Crossword · Feb 10, 2024
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WHITECLAW
Hard seltzer with a black cherry flavor
Universal Crossword · Feb 3, 2024
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TEA
Green or black drink
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2024
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AUDRELORDE
Self-described "black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet"
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2024
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ALBRIGHT
Clinton secretary of state
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
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RESUMES
Job applicants' submissions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2026
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TOUR
College admissions office offering
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
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ONYX
Semiprecious stone with black-and-white bands
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 30, 2026
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IRS
Org. whose first commissioner was former treasury secretary George S. Boutwell
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
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SAP
Sticky secretion
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
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ACE
One at a blackjack table, perhaps
Universal Crossword · Apr 8, 2026
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PSAKI
Biden-era press secretary Jen
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
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PENGUIN
"Batman" villain named after a black-and-white bird
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
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RESIN
Pine secretion
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
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OREO
It is black-and-white but might get twisted
Universal Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
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STOAT
Weasel with a short black-tipped tail
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 4, 2026
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SPY
Julia Child or Josephine Baker, secretly
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
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BUST
Get three eights in blackjack, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 9, 2026
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INKY
Jet-black
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
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DEANS
Admissions officials
Universal Crossword · Nov 12, 2025
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GERMANSUB
*Vessel secretly ridden by Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 9, 2025
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OBOE
Instrument commonly made from African blackwood
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 9, 2025
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ERASE
Clear, as a blackboard
Universal Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
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CASINOGAME
Roulette or blackjack
Universal Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
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GAMMARAYS
Emissions that turned Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2025
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ACETEN
Strong blackjack hand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2025
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LISALING
*It's smaller than a blackbird
Universal Crossword · Aug 22, 2025
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PLOTS
Plans secretly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2025
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NDA
Co. secrets contract
Universal Crossword · Jun 10, 2025
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RESET
Change after a blackout, as a clock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
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NSA
Supersecretive org.
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2025
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SINS
Confession admissions
Universal Crossword · Apr 29, 2025
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LINEART
Some black-and-white drawings
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 15, 2025
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EXTORT
Get via blackmail, say
Universal Crossword · Apr 12, 2025
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HIT
"___ me" (blackjack request)
Universal Crossword · Mar 4, 2025
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ELOPES
Marries secretly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2025
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GOTH
Many a black-clad teen
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 3, 2025
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MYLIPSARESEALED
"Your secret's safe with me!" (... letters 10-12)
Universal Crossword · Jan 31, 2025
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VENOM
Viper's secretion
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2025
1%
LEAKED
Released secretly
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 18, 2025
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PETE
Transportation secretary Buttigieg
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2025
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GOSSIP
Trade secrets?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2025
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CIA
Org. with many secrets
Universal Crossword · Nov 21, 2024
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SMOGTEST
Car emissions check
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
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DAYGLO
Company that invented black-light fluorescent paint
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 4, 2024
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EPA
Emissions-monitoring org.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2024
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HUSHHUSH
Top-secret
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jun 25, 2024
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STOOD
Didn't ask for a card in blackjack
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 18, 2024
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MONARCH
Orange-and-black butterfly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2024
1%
SUPERBOWLNDA
NFL document intended to protect the secrets of the Big Game?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2024
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CHAO
Former labor secretary Elaine
Universal Crossword · Jun 4, 2024
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OREOPIES
Desserts featuring black-and-white cookies
Universal Crossword · Jun 1, 2024
1%
FORGIVINGANALLIANCE
Excusing friends who secretly planned a surprise party?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2024
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ACES
Flexible blackjack cards
Universal Crossword · May 12, 2024
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PINKY
*Pitch-black
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2024
1%
SPYON
Surveil secretly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 15, 2024
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NET
__ zero emissions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2024
1%
SONGS
Music League submissions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2024
1%
TEN
Jack's value in blackjack
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2024
1%
ARI
Bush press secretary Fleischer
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 4, 2024
1%
CHALKS
Accessories for cue sticks and blackboards
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 4, 2024
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TAHITI
Island of French Polynesia known for black-sand beaches
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 28, 2024

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How many possible solutions does "Black ___ (secret missions)" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 146 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is OPS (3 letters).
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The best answer for "Black ___ (secret missions)" is OPS with 3 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
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This clue has appeared 3 times in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on July 28, 2025.
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