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Spies Crossword Puzzle

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This puzzle illustrates how the world of espionage continues to be a rich source of subject matter for books and movies.
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      1. This paranoid wiretapper listened in on "The Conversation"
      5. Operation ___: Code name for US efforts to break Japanese WWII encryption
      8. To perform
      9. United States Capitol Police (abbrev)
      11. The original Agent 86
      14. A virus the bad guys wanted to unleash in "The Spy Dad" (abbrev)
      15. Surveillance pro Martin Kaiser tells all in: "Odyssey of an Eavesdropper: My Life in __" (abbrev)
      16. Alliance Base, a Western intelligence organization, can be termed an "__-terrorism unit"
      18. She played a sexy nightclub singer in the spy thriller "Affair in Trinidad" (first name)
      19. The quintessential Bond
      21. Our Man Flint
      23. Jason Ender's mission calls him to the Horn of Africa in David Chacko's "___ Five"
      25. In this sci-fi book, the spy Adele Mundy rebels against The Alliance: "When The ___ Rises"
      26. He was Ethan Hunt and his missions were impossible
      28. In "Secret Agent Man", Costas Mandylor played a spy named ____
      30. This Eva co-starred in the 1955 spy spoof "Artists and Models"
      33. Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (abbrev)
      34. Played by 22D, he was "The Spy Who Shagged Me" (initials)
      36. He directed the Cold War thriller "The Tamarind Seed"
      39. Location of FBI headquarters (abbrev)
      40. The CIA's way to monitor news abroad: "Foreign Broadcast _ _" (abbrev)
      42. WW II US Intelligence Agency
      44. He tried to buy a gift for his wife and wound up being an Enemy of the State
      46. This Jack is a favorite hero of Tom Clancy
      48. In February '08, Indonesia's Health Minister suggested the US could be part of a Bird __ Conspiracy
      49. Contaminate
      52. In "Total Recall" Schwarzenegger's "imaginary" spy adventure was set here
      54. China's top espionage agency (abbrev)
      55. Richard Burton was "The Spy ___ Came In From The Cold"
      56. Ridicule

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      1. He was a journalist who became the CIA's pawn in "The Osterman Weekend"
      2. This organization would step in if a biological weapon was unleashed (abbrev)
      3. ____ Sandler played a Mossad agent-turned-hairdresser in "You Don't Mess With the Zohan"
      4. The land East of Eden
      5. He and his wife were both assassins, they just didn't know it: "__ and Mrs. Smith"
      6. ___ Scala starred as a British agent posing as a nightclub singer in "The Two-Headed Spy"
      7. This Bill was in the spy game - and tennis game
      10. The avian logo for NBC, home of "I Spy"
      12. Mr. Steed's bowler hat and umbrella were all the weapons he needed
      13. Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (abbrev)
      14. This Chairman of the Board foiled the Manchurian Candidate
      17. State abbrev. of FBI's sting operation "Operation Tennessee Waltz"
      20. In this role, he tried to retire but was asked to play one more "Spy Game"
      22. Matt Damon finally regained this identity
      24. A Korean-American actress who was in the voicecast of "M Butterfly", a combo love/spy story
      27. He was "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
      28. An International Man of Mystery
      29. A security agency of the U S Government (abbrev)
      31. Province where Canada's largest division of the RCMP is located (abbrev)
      32. Colin Farrell was an MIT grad who joined the CIA in "The ___"
      35. This Hollywood "hunk" played the Spy Game with 12D
      37. This actor solved the mystery of "The 39 Steps"
      38. In "The Odessa File", Jon Voight was trying to track down a member of this organization
      41. This Robert was a Mossad agent who thwarted Black September's Super Bowl plans
      43. San Francisco State University (abbrev)
      45. Dorothy Gilman created this senior citizen who decided to join the CIA: "___ Pollifax"
      47. Song by Joshua Fletcher and the Six-Shot Romance: "I __ A Spy"
      50. Information Highway (abbrev)
      51. First spy film in the James Bond Series, "Dr. __"
      53. Egyptian sun god