| 100% | MATA | 4 | ___ Hari (spy played by Greta Garbo) |
| 97% | MATA | 4 | ___ Hari (dancer and spy played by Greta Garbo) |
| 94% | MATAHARI | 8 | Spy played by Greta Garbo |
| 88% | MATA | 4 | With 52-Across, dancer and spy played by Greta Garbo |
| 84% | HARI | 4 | Mata ___ (spy played by Greta Garbo) |
| 83% | HARI | 4 | Spy Mata ___ played by Greta Garbo |
| 56% | BOND | 4 | Spy played by Daniel Craig |
| 54% | PLAME | 5 | Spy played by Watts in ''Fair Game'' |
| 53% | MAXWELLSMART | 12 | TV spy played by Don Adams |
| 53% | BOURNE | 6 | Jason ___, spy played by Matt Damon |
| 53% | SWEDE | 5 | Greta Garbo, by birth |
| 51% | PEEL | 4 | Spy played by Diana Rigg in TV's "The Avengers" |
| 51% | JOHNSTEED | 9 | Spy played by Patrick Macnee on "The Avengers": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JIMPHELPS | 9 | Spy played by Peter Graves on "Mission: Impossible": 2 wds. |
| 51% | POWERS | 6 | Austin __, groovy 60s spy played by Mike Myers |
| 49% | ANNA | 4 | Heroine who has been played by Greta, Vivien, and Keira |
| 49% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by many actors, including 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GARBO | 5 | Greta who played Mata Hari |
| 48% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | Inept British spy played by 49-Across in three films (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ETHANHUNT | 9 | Fictional spy played by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" film series: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NAPOLEONSOLO | 12 | Spy played by Robert Vaughn on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | Inept British spy played by 15-Across who "Strikes Again" in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | GARBO | 5 | Greta of classic films who played Mata Hari |
| 45% | MATA | 4 | ___ Hari (1931 role for Greta Garbo) |
| 45% | BOND | 4 | Spy James played by Daniel Craig |
| 45% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 33-Across for the first time in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KEN | 3 | Doll played by Ryan Gosling in Greta Gerwig's 2023 "Barbie" film |
| 43% | MATA | 4 | "__ Hari"; Greta Garbo film |
| 43% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 31-Across in 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | HEATHERLEE | 10 | Character played by Alicia Vikander in the action spy movie "Jason Bourne": 2 wds. |