Intel-gathering mission Crossword Clue

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Intel-gathering mission Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

MISSION (noun)
1. a group of representatives or delegates
2. an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
GATHERING (noun)
1. the act of gathering something
2. a group of persons together in one place

Hint 2: Anagram

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CRONE

More WSJ Crossword (1/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. Uproarious person

5. Was wide open

10. Fancy hairstyle

14. Capri or Curaçao

15. Singer with albums “19,” “21,” “25” and “30”

16. Name of Henry VIII’s second and fourth wives

17. Remarkable thing

19. Tool for an autumn yard

20. Marvel’s mutant group

21. Made an effort

22. "I'm speechless"

29. End note?

30. Asia's ___ Sea

31. Applies to

34. ___-jongg

37. One of as many as seven in the fall

40. Potent hallucinogen

41. Web-footed mammals

42. With 50-Down, Italian luxury car

43. It cancels a dele

44. Perfume ingredient

45. Left a burning boat, maybe

51. Name on a “Wanted” poster

52. Fan favorite

53. V.A. concern

54. Bit on a bagel

60. Length times width, for a rectangle

61. "___ in peace"

62. Trade show

63. Not quaintly

64. Human trunk

65. Coup d'___

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Down

1. Tear

2. Kinda: Suffix

3. Cry at a bullfight

4. Jack's value in blackjack

5. Third Greek letter

6. “Doe, ___, a female...”

7. Ziti relative

8. Don't Bring Me Down band

9. Lion's lair

10. Prop for Bugs Bunny

11. Broadcasting

12. Bearing tattoos

13. Flows into

18. The yoke's on them

21. Minneapolis team

22. Fish with a net

23. Subway fare?

24. Digital greeting

25. Sushi piece

26. Soldier's denial

27. Orchestra winds

31. You, in the Yucatan

32. Brawl

33. Before, poetically

34. Mediterranean nation south of Sicily

35. Org. promoting HIV prevention

36. Found out, in a way

38. Showers affection (on)

39. Cat, in Cuba

43. Restorative gift for Mom

44. Competent

45. Birthplace of karaoke

46. Extremely

47. Scrooge, for one

48. Cap feature

49. Dutch cheeses

50. See 42 Across

54. Take a load off

55. 'Green' prefix

56. Behold

57. Outdoors, in a script: Abbr.

58. Water-testing org.

59. Dash's counterpart

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