| 100% | LECARRE | 7 | "A Legacy of Spies" author |
| 65% | AMBLER | 6 | Eric —, author of novels Epitaph for a Spy and Judgment on Deltchev |
| 64% | NIN | 3 | Anais —, author of 1954 short novel A Spy in the House of Love |
| 63% | ALEC | 4 | & 19D Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 63% | ALEC | 4 | & 9D Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 63% | ALEC | 4 | & 22A Author of novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth |
| 63% | SADAT | 5 | A Woman of Egypt author |
| 63% | TOOLE | 5 | A Confederacy of Dunces author |
| 62% | GENES | 5 | Legacy of a sort |
| 61% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | Author of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" who cameoed as a party guest in the 2011 film adaptation: 3 wds. |
| 58% | BUMKNEE | 7 | Legacy of a torn A.C.L., maybe |
| 58% | PLANT | 5 | Spy of a sort |
| 57% | GOGOL | 5 | "Diary of a Madman" author |
| 57% | DALI | 4 | "Diary of a Genius" author |
| 57% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of A Moveable Feast |
| 57% | MILLER | 6 | "death of a salesman" author |
| 56% | NIN | 3 | "A Spy in the House of Love" author |
| 56% | DEFOE | 5 | Author of a 1719 literary sensation |
| 56% | LEE | 3 | Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 56% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 56% | AESOP | 5 | Author of a hare racing story |
| 56% | BURGESS | 7 | Author of A Clockwork Orange: Anthony __ |
| 56% | PROSYATHLETE | 12 | Author of a dull sports memoir? |
| 56% | LEMONYSNICKET | 13 | A Series of Unfortunate Events author |
| 55% | STRUNKANDWHITE | 14 | Authors of a classic style manual |
| 55% | STATESECRET | 11 | Target of a spy |
| 55% | ACACIA | 6 | Notes a bunch of spies in shrub |
| 55% | LEE | 3 | Author Harper ___ of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 55% | LEE | 3 | Author Harper of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |