The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOLE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Double agent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOLE | 76 % | 4 |
| SPY | 16 % | 3 |
| CONGERSPY | 3 % | 9 |
| TRAITOR | 3 % | 7 |
| STUNTPERSON | 1 % | 11 |
| MORE | 1 % | 4 |
Why may MOLE be the right solution?
The term "MOLE" is commonly used to refer to a double agent in spy or espionage contexts. A mole is someone who pretends to work for one organization while actually working for another.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Double agent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- triple agent
- contract agent
- secret agent
- agent
- ghost
- spook
- double-crosser
- dangle
- spycatcher
- company man
- secret agentry
- counterspy
Crossword Answer definitions
MOLE noun- A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
- Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
- An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
- A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines
- A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.
- A moll, a bitch, a slut.
- A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
- A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
- An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number.
- A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
- One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MOLE
- Burrowing mammal
- Double agent
- Lawn burrower
- CIA problem
- Lawn problem
- Yard tunneler
- Suburban pest
- Lawn wrecker
- Birthmark
- Burrower
More clues leading to the result SPY
- Le Carre character
- Mole
- Company man?
- Follett figure
- Investigate intensively
- Operative
- Secret agent
- Mata Hari, e.g.
- Mata Hari, for one
- Undercover agent
More clues leading to the result CONGERSPY
More clues leading to the result TRAITOR
- Benedict Arnold, e.g.
- False friend
- Person with trust issues?
- Double-crosser
- Ninth circle of hell occupant
- Turncoat
- Judas
- Double-dealer
- Arnold, notably
- Mutineer