Operative Crossword Clue

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AGENT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Athlete's representativeCrossword Clue
Talent's representativeCrossword Clue
Professional dealmakerCrossword Clue
Literary representativeCrossword Clue
Word after ticket or talentCrossword Clue
Go-betweenCrossword Clue
Human voice at the end of a phone tree, sayCrossword Clue
Plant that's hard to findCrossword Clue
Worker at an airport gateCrossword Clue
RepresentativeCrossword Clue

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SPY
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Potentially harmful moleCrossword Clue
Intelligence agentCrossword Clue
Undercover operativeCrossword Clue
MoleCrossword Clue
Secret agentCrossword Clue
Intel gathererCrossword Clue
Bad person to confide inCrossword Clue
Plant with bugs, maybeCrossword Clue
Do some snoopingCrossword Clue
Asset in a covert opCrossword Clue

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INFORCE
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Effective, as a ruleCrossword Clue
Effective now, as a lawCrossword Clue
Currently effective as a policemanCrossword Clue
Operative, as a ruleCrossword Clue
Like current regulationsCrossword Clue
Legally operativeCrossword Clue
Valid gen given by sappers round aboutCrossword Clue
Legally bindingCrossword Clue
Effective, as a lawCrossword Clue

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ACTIVE
6 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Energetic performing group I have shortly indicatedCrossword Clue
Still goingCrossword Clue
Working to bring back musical about collegeCrossword Clue
On the goCrossword Clue
Not idleCrossword Clue
Word before "lifestyle" or "listening"Crossword Clue
Not passive!Crossword Clue
A court Hoskins has occupied?Crossword Clue

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ASSET
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Useful skillCrossword Clue
Liability's opposite on a balance sheetCrossword Clue
Valuable oneCrossword Clue
Useful qualityCrossword Clue
PositiveCrossword Clue
"Tangible" balance sheet itemCrossword Clue
Opposite of a liabilityCrossword Clue
It's a good thingCrossword Clue
Valuable itemCrossword Clue
First bits of Astoria’s silver service English tea are something worth havingCrossword Clue

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GMAN
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
FedCrossword Clue
Mulder on "The X-Files," e.g., informallyCrossword Clue
FBI guyCrossword Clue
FBI agentCrossword Clue
F.B.I. guyCrossword Clue
Guy in the FBICrossword Clue
FBI agent, informallyCrossword Clue
F.B.I. agent, in old slangCrossword Clue

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INUSE
5 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Not availableCrossword Clue
Sign on an occupied lavatoryCrossword Clue
OccupiedCrossword Clue
Not vacantCrossword Clue
Currently occupiedCrossword Clue
Engaged — workingCrossword Clue

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UNDERCOVERAGENT
15 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Spy is not old enough to comprehend obscure booksCrossword Clue
SpyCrossword Clue
Keeper or leaker of confidential informationCrossword Clue
Keeper of confidential informationCrossword Clue
James Bond, e.gCrossword Clue
Bond, e.gCrossword Clue
An operativeCrossword Clue
Professional pretenderCrossword Clue
MoleCrossword Clue

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HELPFUL
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AdvantageousCrossword Clue
AdvantageousCrossword Clue
Instrumental recording, set in regular three-four, on Light originallyCrossword Clue
Rendering assistanceCrossword Clue
Accommodating people from Usk initially trapped in 21Crossword Clue
Being of assistance to someoneCrossword Clue
Lending a handCrossword Clue
Of useCrossword Clue
Of assistanceCrossword Clue
Lending a handCrossword Clue

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RATCATCHER
10 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
The Pied Piper, for oneCrossword Clue
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, e.gCrossword Clue
Professional killer, dodgy character, seen around East EndCrossword Clue
Certain pest control workerCrossword Clue
Yorkshire terrier, by breedingCrossword Clue
Renegade baseball player may be a professional killerCrossword Clue
TRAPCrossword Clue
The Pied Piper, in one of his rolesCrossword Clue

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INSIDEMAN
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Spike Lee thriller starring Denzel WashingtonCrossword Clue
2006 Jodie Foster film about a robberyCrossword Clue
Helper in a bank job, and a hint to an infiltrator in six Across answersCrossword Clue
Spike Lee heist film starring Denzel WashingtonCrossword Clue
Composed of sane mind, I will be a moleCrossword Clue
Helper in a heistCrossword Clue
Helper in a heistCrossword Clue
2006 Spike Lee caper filmCrossword Clue
2006 Spike Lee crime dramaCrossword Clue
Abetter of a sortCrossword Clue

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ALLY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Friendly nationCrossword Clue
One sharing a common causeCrossword Clue
Person who's on your sideCrossword Clue
Friendly nationCrossword Clue
Big name in bankingCrossword Clue
Treaty partnerCrossword Clue
Any member of NATO, to anotherCrossword Clue
Strategic friendCrossword Clue
FriendCrossword Clue
Someone who's on your sideCrossword Clue

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DEFUNCT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Status of TWA and Pan AmCrossword Clue
Status of TWA and Pan AmCrossword Clue
BygoneCrossword Clue
No longer existing - dead etc., in other words without pleasureCrossword Clue
Trade function essentially obsoleteCrossword Clue
Dead skilful cushioning punch internallyCrossword Clue
American officer, rejected by UN court, no longer workingCrossword Clue
Passé amusement in December timeCrossword Clue
No more in-the-nude functionsCrossword Clue
ExtinctCrossword Clue

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UNHELPFUL
9 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
North Eastern hotel, full up, sadly offering no accommodationCrossword Clue
Peacekeepers facilitate outbreak of flu - isnt that awkward?Crossword Clue
Discouraging classic hit breaking farmers in middle of JulyCrossword Clue
United Nations aid for flu outbreak is not of much useCrossword Clue

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HANDICAP
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Disadvantage: partial hitch, and I capitulateCrossword Clue
Panic had destroyed golfers advantageCrossword Clue
Better gets on convenient-sounding raceCrossword Clue
"""Star Wars"" guy turned placid after eliminating large disadvantage "Crossword Clue
Possibly scratch hamstringCrossword Clue
Golfs two followers limit what a player can haveCrossword Clue
DrawbackCrossword Clue
Script I better checkCrossword Clue
Golf match equalizerCrossword Clue
Help one beat disadvantageCrossword Clue

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LENDAHAND
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Give assistance to crazily laden workerCrossword Clue
Help outCrossword Clue
Pitch inCrossword Clue
Give assistanceCrossword Clue
Pitch inCrossword Clue
HelpCrossword Clue
Help outCrossword Clue
HelpCrossword Clue
Pitch inCrossword Clue
Help outCrossword Clue

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ALIVE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Keep hope ___Crossword Clue
"Stayin' ___" (disco classic)Crossword Clue
___ and kickingCrossword Clue
Still in the gameCrossword Clue
Still in itCrossword Clue
Still in the runningCrossword Clue
Busy with activityCrossword Clue
Full of vitalityCrossword Clue
___ and kickingCrossword Clue
Get out of DodgeCrossword Clue

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WOKING
6 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Where prince said he could be seen running (with no hint of running)Crossword Clue
Where prince said he could be seen runningCrossword Clue
All right in annexe?Crossword Clue
Surrey town without a royal personageCrossword Clue
Surrey town, of ill omen to the monarchy?Crossword Clue

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ADHERENCE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Notice new church collars ambassador about supportCrossword Clue
Being faithful, new church gets behind Christian era on EarthCrossword Clue
Strict commitmentCrossword Clue
Loyalty from a duke thus, protecting queenCrossword Clue
Sticking togetherCrossword Clue
Notice from this source inspiring Queens devotionCrossword Clue
Trailer, so entertaining TV show gets supportCrossword Clue
Trailer, so entertaining TV show gets supportCrossword Clue
Observant quality present in fluid danceCrossword Clue
Observant quality present in fluid danceCrossword Clue

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GLEAM
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Flash of lightCrossword Clue
ShineCrossword Clue
ShineCrossword Clue
Good thing to have in one's eye?Crossword Clue
CoruscateCrossword Clue
Shine brightlyCrossword Clue
SparkleCrossword Clue
Bright reflectionCrossword Clue
Shine brightlyCrossword Clue
Jungle, Amazonian, absorbing this flash of lightCrossword Clue

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FUNCTIONAL
10 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
WorkingCrossword Clue
Contain flu outbreak - its workingCrossword Clue
Running, nearly stumble, clutching ointmentCrossword Clue
Working to sort out final countCrossword Clue
Working out final countCrossword Clue
Occasion on which a student is workingCrossword Clue

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ARTEL
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Guild formed by group of companies about to take offCrossword Clue
Soviet workers' groupCrossword Clue
Soviet cooperativeCrossword Clue
Soviet co-opCrossword Clue
Soviet co-opCrossword Clue
Soviet cooperativeCrossword Clue
Article on the Spanish workers cooperativeCrossword Clue
Russian co-opCrossword Clue
Soviet workers' cooperativeCrossword Clue
Old Russian co-opCrossword Clue

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BACKDATE
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Give retrospective validity to second appointmentCrossword Clue
*Make retroactiveCrossword Clue
Validate from earlierCrossword Clue
*Make retroactiveCrossword Clue
Shift operative time of sportsmans appointmentCrossword Clue
Make retroactiveCrossword Clue
Make retroactiveCrossword Clue
Make retroactive, in a wayCrossword Clue

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CANONICAL
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Minister I term mostly authoritativeCrossword Clue
Regular design of coin in Panama perhapsCrossword Clue
Cycling picture screened by commercial channel is authorisedCrossword Clue
Standard one in a funnel shaped exteriorCrossword Clue
Authoritative setter in charge overwhelmed by a great amount risingCrossword Clue
Accepting Article, like a top ecclesiasticCrossword Clue
Orthodox geometrical adjective describing a cardinal pointCrossword Clue
OrthodoxCrossword Clue
Unknown poet in charge in state is in all the anthologiesCrossword Clue
Conforming to orthodox rulesCrossword Clue

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ELEMENT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Periodic table listingCrossword Clue
Kettle partCrossword Clue
Iron, e.gCrossword Clue
Periodic table memberCrossword Clue
Perhaps lead with a small amountCrossword Clue
Carbon, neon or chlorineCrossword Clue
In Primo Levi's "The Periodic Table," each chapter is named after oneCrossword Clue
Periodic-table entryCrossword Clue
He symbolically turns over box to pack soldiersCrossword Clue
Group in most natural surroundingsCrossword Clue

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HANDCLAP
8 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Worker caught with drink gaining minimal approvalCrossword Clue
Applause partCrossword Clue
Hot and cold drink will get sign of approvalCrossword Clue
Bit of applauseCrossword Clue

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AFFRONTED
9 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Outraged article supplied, filled with pretenceCrossword Clue
Outraged article supplied, filled with pretenceCrossword Clue
Insulted a female journalist harbouring political groupCrossword Clue
Injured fore and aft at sea, one adult jumping offCrossword Clue
Insulted on interrupting a fellow with Father TedCrossword Clue
A very powerful couple of boys caused offenceCrossword Clue
InsultedCrossword Clue
Offended by disrespectCrossword Clue

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OPERA
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
La Scala productionCrossword Clue
Historic performance at Milan's La Scala or Moscow's Bolshoi TheatreCrossword Clue
Work’s Oscar party’s opening on timeCrossword Clue
Endless test about case of police work at the MetCrossword Clue
Show such as "Turandot"Crossword Clue
Performance for a prima donnaCrossword Clue
Puccini compositionCrossword Clue
Setting of a date for Edward and Vivian in "Pretty Woman"Crossword Clue
"The Barber of Seville," e.gCrossword Clue
Glass production?Crossword Clue

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REESTED
7 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Welshman - young lad - was not co-operativeCrossword Clue

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SPRIGHTLY
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Looking to the left, further thought surely vitalCrossword Clue
South Park's leading character properly animatedCrossword Clue
Lively and energeticCrossword Clue
Nimble Tory left embraced by agentCrossword Clue
Nimble — energeticCrossword Clue
Starting price fairly activeCrossword Clue
Atmosphere in the centre fairly livelyCrossword Clue
Lively cunning grabs power completelyCrossword Clue
Energetic agent taking in both sidesCrossword Clue
Energetic agent taking in both sidesCrossword Clue

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TEAMPLAYER
10 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
One who works well with othersCrossword Clue
One working well with colleaguesCrossword Clue
One following the party lineCrossword Clue
One not looking for individual gloryCrossword Clue
One not looking for individual gloryCrossword Clue
Ad headCrossword Clue
One who follows the party lineCrossword Clue
Ad headingCrossword Clue

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WANNABE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ambitious and aspiring young personCrossword Clue
Pale imitatorCrossword Clue
Spice Girls' debut singleCrossword Clue
Hopeful cop in declineCrossword Clue
We must hold girl back at first, potential starletCrossword Clue
We must hold girl back at first, potential starletCrossword Clue
Sad young hopeful trying to emulate a role modelCrossword Clue
First #1 hit for the Spice GirlsCrossword Clue
Hopeful embargo will be lifted in fallCrossword Clue
Spice Girls hit from 1996Crossword Clue

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HANDLED
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Some cards put on table, as done by managementCrossword Clue
Touched — heldCrossword Clue
Dealt withCrossword Clue
Worker was first to be manipulatedCrossword Clue
Worker given guidance is touchedCrossword Clue
Coped withCrossword Clue
OversawCrossword Clue
OversawCrossword Clue
ManipulatedCrossword Clue
DirectedCrossword Clue

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HANDSOMEISAS
12 Letters

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POSER
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Tricky problemCrossword Clue
WannabeCrossword Clue
One with attitude is a problemCrossword Clue
WannabeCrossword Clue
Tough questionCrossword Clue
Fake personCrossword Clue
Puzzling problemCrossword Clue
Baffling questionCrossword Clue
Artist's model?Crossword Clue
Tough nut to crackCrossword Clue

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RUSSIANSPY
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Red plant?Crossword Clue

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SURGICAL
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Kind of tape or strikeCrossword Clue
Word before "mask" or "precision"Crossword Clue
Spirit of the theatre?Crossword Clue
Done with great precisionCrossword Clue
Like some caps and gownsCrossword Clue
For use in the theatreCrossword Clue
Precise in theatre?Crossword Clue
Incisive and largely reliable soldier about 50Crossword Clue
American revolutionary with chewed cigar left such spiritCrossword Clue
Precise as a well-rehearsed move in theatre?Crossword Clue

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WORKSTATION
11 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Computer terminal, oftenCrossword Clue
Computer user's placeCrossword Clue
Computer terminalCrossword Clue
Assigned office areaCrossword Clue
Terminal in a systemCrossword Clue
Microcomputer's stronger kinCrossword Clue

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BINMAN
6 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Main changes in outskirts of Bolton for one collecting rubbishCrossword Clue
Worker behind heap of waste with no end of pong?Crossword Clue
Coal loaderCrossword Clue

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CLAIMANT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
PetitionerCrossword Clue
Intention is to get into a group - first task for a petitionerCrossword Clue
Calling urgently about one petitionerCrossword Clue
I must interrupt noisy petitionerCrossword Clue
One bringing law suit, wild animal in courtCrossword Clue
Excellent fellow pursuing line in court - one looking for compensation?Crossword Clue
One inhibited by noisy petitionerCrossword Clue
He demands list containing sorted mailCrossword Clue
He goes to court to demand a social workerCrossword Clue
Petitioner, one inside demanding attentionCrossword Clue

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Showing 40 Matching Answers

AGENT

10 RELATED CLUES

SPY

10 RELATED CLUES

INFORCE

9 RELATED CLUES

ACTIVE

8 RELATED CLUES

ASSET

10 RELATED CLUES

GMAN

8 RELATED CLUES

INUSE

6 RELATED CLUES

UNDERCOVERAGENT

9 RELATED CLUES

HELPFUL

10 RELATED CLUES

RATCATCHER

8 RELATED CLUES

INSIDEMAN

10 RELATED CLUES

ALLY

10 RELATED CLUES

DEFUNCT

10 RELATED CLUES

UNHELPFUL

4 RELATED CLUES

HANDICAP

10 RELATED CLUES

LENDAHAND

10 RELATED CLUES

ALIVE

10 RELATED CLUES

WOKING

5 RELATED CLUES

ADHERENCE

10 RELATED CLUES

GLEAM

10 RELATED CLUES

FUNCTIONAL

6 RELATED CLUES

ARTEL

10 RELATED CLUES

BACKDATE

8 RELATED CLUES

CANONICAL

10 RELATED CLUES

ELEMENT

10 RELATED CLUES

HANDCLAP

4 RELATED CLUES

AFFRONTED

8 RELATED CLUES

OPERA

10 RELATED CLUES

REESTED

1 RELATED CLUES

SPRIGHTLY

10 RELATED CLUES

TEAMPLAYER

8 RELATED CLUES

WANNABE

10 RELATED CLUES

HANDLED

10 RELATED CLUES

HANDSOMEISAS

POSER

10 RELATED CLUES

RUSSIANSPY

1 RELATED CLUES

SURGICAL

10 RELATED CLUES

WORKSTATION

6 RELATED CLUES

BINMAN

3 RELATED CLUES

CLAIMANT