| 100% | MATA | 4 | ___ Hari, the exotic dancer executed as a German spy in France during WWl |
| 54% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer executed as a German spy in World War I |
| 45% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dutch dancer born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle executed as a German spy in 1917 |
| 33% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer who was a German spy during World War I: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MATAHARI | 8 | Exotic dancer executed in 1917 |
| 29% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 29% | LURK | 4 | Wait in the shadows, as a spy |
| 29% | ENAMI | 5 | As a friend, in France |
| 28% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark placed over a vowel in German such as the letter u in the name Jürgen |
| 28% | NATHANHALE | 10 | 21-year-old executed as a spy (1776) |
| 27% | BEHEAD | 6 | Execute, as during the French Revolution |
| 27% | BASTE | 5 | Moisten, as a turkey in the oven |
| 27% | DUG | 3 | Made, as a hole in the ground |
| 27% | SPIRALED | 8 | Spun, as a football in the air |
| 27% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dutch exotic dancer found to be a spy |
| 26% | PERSIAN | 7 | Cat known as a Shirazi in the Mideast |
| 26% | FIT | 3 | "___ as a Fiddle" ("Singin' in the Rain" song) |
| 26% | ROUGE | 5 | "Lanterne ___," the award presented to the one who finishes in last place in a cycling race such as the Tour de France |
| 26% | MOE | 3 | Catcher Berg who served as a spy during WWII |
| 26% | ORION | 5 | Odysseus saw him as a shade in the underworld |
| 26% | TESTSFOR | 8 | Tries to detect, as a substance in the body |
| 26% | BEARABLE | 8 | Fit for occupying, as a den in the woods? |
| 26% | LOCH | 4 | A lake in Scotland, as the Ness |
| 26% | MARNE | 5 | River in France which is a tributary of the Seine |
| 26% | NGALIEMA | 8 | Bay used as a port for Kinshasa in the DRC |
| 26% | DEJAVU | 6 | Feeling that some describe as a glitch in the Matrix |
| 26% | PARRY | 5 | Deflect, as a boxer's punch in the other direction |
| 26% | LIGHTNING | 9 | A flash in the sky during a thunderstorm |
| 26% | BILLYELLIOT | 11 | Dance drama in which Jamie Bell plays a young boy aspiring to become a ballet dancer during the U.K. miners' strike: 2 wds. |
| 26% | AYRTONSENNA | 11 | Brazilian F1 driver, regarded as one of the best ever, and died in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix : 2 wds. |