| 100% | ODESSA | 6 | "The _____ File" spy thriller |
| 77% | DIEANOTHERDAY | 13 | Spy thriller featuring 46-Across as 29-Across for the last time (3 wds.) |
| 72% | ATOMICBLONDE | 12 | 2017 Charlize Theron spy thriller based on the graphic novel "The Coldest City": 2 wds. |
| 70% | IPCRESSFILE | 11 | 1965 Michael Caine spy thriller, with "The" |
| 68% | IDENTITY | 8 | "The Bourne ___" (2002 spy thriller) |
| 68% | TOPAZ | 5 | 1969 Hitchcock spy thriller |
| 68% | SUE | 3 | & 8A Actress who played Jean Courtney in 1965 film thriller The Ipcress File |
| 67% | ODESSA | 6 | ____ file: Frederick Forsyth spy thriller |
| 65% | LEN | 3 | "The IPCRESS File" spy novelist Deighton |
| 65% | BRIDGEOFSPIES | 13 | 2015 Steven Spielberg historical thriller about the 1960 U-2 spy plane incident (3 wds.) |
| 65% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___" (BBC spy thriller) |
| 65% | LEN | 3 | Spy thriller writer Deighton |
| 64% | ODESSA | 6 | Frederick Forsyth thriller "The ___ File" |
| 62% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___," spy thriller series |
| 61% | RED | 3 | "The Hunt for ___ October" (1990 spy thriller film) |
| 60% | RONIN | 5 | Robert De Niro spy thriller |
| 60% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___" (Sandra Oh spy thriller) |
| 60% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___" (BBC America spy thriller) |
| 60% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___," spy thriller TV series |
| 60% | SALT | 4 | 2010 Angelina Jolie spy thriller |
| 60% | CIA | 3 | Org. in many spy thrillers |
| 60% | ATOM | 4 | First half of the files? |
| 59% | RED | 3 | Jennifer Lawrence Russian spy thriller __ Sparrow |
| 59% | CIAAGENT | 8 | Role in many a spy thriller |
| 58% | KGB | 3 | Russian org. in some spy thrillers |
| 58% | ASAP | 4 | "Get me the files ___!" (immediately): Abbr. |
| 58% | MOLE | 4 | Spy on the inside |
| 58% | MOLE | 4 | Spy on the inside? |
| 58% | DOUBLEAGENT | 11 | Spy on the inside |
| 58% | TAXLIEN | 7 | Filing by the IRS |