Crossword, the answers

Across

1. HARDTARGET—A person (like Mr. Smith) who will be difficult to surveil

4. BLINDDATE—First meeting with an unknown agent (probably not dinner and a movie)

7. FBI—The US domestic counter-intelligence service

10. TRADECRAFT—The methods, tools, and tricks developed by intelligence operatives and taught by Mr. Solomon

11. DANGLEOPERATION—Practice of positioning a loyal agent in such a way that an enemy organization might lure him/her into being a doubleagent.

13. LAB—Liz's basement haven

14. GAP—When a surveillance target is out of sight for less than a minute he/she is "in the ____." (And she's probably not there to buy jeans.)

19. ELLENMOOREBALARZS—Dedication

20. EYEBALL—Opertive who has a surveillance target in his/her sight

22. BLACKBAG—spy's accessory during B&E jobs

23. LYKY—I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You (if you're in a hurry)

25. TINA—Gallagher Girl with the scoop

26. GARBOLOGY—Dirty science

28. LANGLEY—CIA HQ Hometown

31. SUBLEVELONE—Sophomores see it

34. SUZIE—A non-existant cat

37. DRYCLEANING—Spies do it to determine if they're under surveillance. And also when their clothes can't go in the washer.

40. RACHEL—Cam calls her Mom

42. BUGS—They're listening (like Rita Skeeter)

44. SLEEPER—Operative in deep cover who will only act in rare instances

45. NSA—Some people say it stands for No Such Agency

47. SOFTTARGET—The opposite of Mr. Smith

48. CIA—It calls Langley home

49. OSS—CIA, at first

50. TOASTY—an agenty who is about to get made may feel this way

51. SWORD—Electrified heirloom

52. POCKETLITTER—It's not trash--it's stuff that makes your cover more believable

Down

2. ABRAHAMLINCOLN—He should have kept Gilly around

3. MISIX—Maybe Bex will follow her parents here

4. BURNED—An operative who has been compromised and is now beyond toasty

5. THEFARM—Where the CIA "grows" spies

6. DEADLETTERDROP—Secret location where communications can be left between two operatives

8. RED—LYKY code color

9. OP—Observation Post, for short

12. FALSEFLAG—recruiting by posing as an agent of another country or organization

15. ASSET—A source or method--anything but a liability

16. ENCRYPTED—codes and boys can be this way sometimes

17. SENATOR—AKA Mr. McHenry

18. WALKIN—Operative who shows that he/she wishes to work for a rival organization by showing up on their doorstep. (Sydney Bristow was one in the Alias pilot.)

21. HONEYPOT—Gilly might have been the first

22. BRITISH—Bex, by birth

24. ALLY—A friendly operative. Or an author.

27. BANGANDBURN—Demolition and Sabotage operations

29. GENERALSUNTZU—He knew the art of war

30. COW—Mr. Smith's domain

32. REBECCABAXTER—Don't call her Duchess

33. WIND—When a surveillance team has lost their target, the subject is "in the ____".

35. GLARE—Gallagher Girls get this in town

36. NOC—CIA operative without an official cover

38. BRUSHPASS—A quick, clandestine way of passing something between two operatives

39. BONAFIDES—An operative's true identity

41. TEA—Maybe josh didn't drink it

43. SAFEHOUSE—Secure location

46. GAZEBO—Cam's deadletter drop was here

47. SPY—Agent of the clandestine services.