Intel-gathering mission for a spy Crossword Clue

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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

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CRONE

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (10/9/2026) Answers

Across

1. High-quality people

10. Japanese beer brand

15. Cartographer's model using shading and texture to show the land's highs and lows

16. Biblical outcast

17. "With even stronger reason," in Latin

18. False gods

19. Of sound mind

20. Foam toy thrown through a tiny hoop, perhaps

22. Laughing predators in the African plains

25. "___ Flow" (1988 Enya single)

27. Miserly types, à la a Dickens character

30. Space between a train's floor and the platform, e.g.

31. Related to blood vessels

32. Peach centers

33. Great ___ (massive dog breed)

34. Airport screening grp.

35. Some blue jeans

36. Ali ___, stand-up comedian with the specials "Baby Cobra" and "Hard Knock Wife"

37. Dogs resembling small greyhounds

39. "Inflated" thing for some self-centerted sorts

40. What you might need a breath of after being in a stuffy environment

41. It beats an ace high, in poker

43. "The Rye or the ___" (bread-themed Weird Al Yankovic parody of "The Eye of the Tiger")

47. Affluent

50. "Truth or ___?"

51. Record of the events of 2025, e.g.

52. Like a leech or a louse

55. Take care of

56. "Traditional" nickname for a football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid

57. ➡️ or ⬅️

58. Like a seemingly impossible task (like eternally rolling a stone up a hill)

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Down

1. Go black, as a computer

2. Arthurian heroine Morgan whose name anagrams to LEAFY

3. Not with anyone else

4. Enticing melody in Greek mythology

5. Go down, as the sun

6. Movie org. that has created and updated a well-regarded Top 100 list

7. "Let's get outta here!"

8. Button on a scale that sets the weight back to zero

9. Drawing toy with geared rings and circles

10. "I couldn't have done it, I was out of town" and "I was asleep at the time," for two

11. Four-door car, typically

12. Remorseful statements

13. Some fierce-sounding W.W. II fighter planes

14. Org. with an April 15 deadline

21. Glenn of the Eagles

23. Farmland unit

24. Letters on a sign indicating a sold-out show

26. Photo ___

28. About to break up, maybe

29. Fertile area in a desert

31. Kitchen tool with gears and a twist key

32. Shallow container in a lab

33. Person with a pet poodle, say

35. "Star Wars" princess

36. More than a little damp

37. Legal order

38. Islamabad's country, on an Olympic scoreboard

40. Like an unplanted field

42. Ancient Greek philosopher who wrote "The Republic"

44. "Gymnopédies" composer whose name is found in "It's a tie!"

45. "Fear of Flying" novelist Jong

48. Salvador ___ (Surrealist painter)

49. "The Lord of the Rings" villains

51. Happy ___ clam

53. Olympic gymnast Raisman

54. Sticky stuff in a pine tree

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