| 100% | NATHANHALE | 10 | 21-year-old executed as a spy (1776) |
| 57% | BEHEAD | 6 | Execute, as a royal of old |
| 57% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer executed as a German spy in World War I |
| 55% | MATA | 4 | ___ Hari, the exotic dancer executed as a German spy in France during WWl |
| 55% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dutch dancer born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle executed as a German spy in 1917 |
| 53% | SYNE | 4 | "Auld Lang ___" (song sung as a farewell to the old year) |
| 49% | TRAINSPOTTING | 13 | 1996 film, starring Ewan McGregor as a drug addict, that had a sequel 21 years later |
| 47% | EVADE | 5 | Dodge detection, as a spy |
| 47% | TURNS | 5 | Switches allegiances, as a spy |
| 47% | INSIDE | 6 | Acting as a spy, maybe |
| 47% | DECODE | 6 | Translate, as a spy's message |
| 46% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 46% | CANAAN | 6 | Where Caleb was sent as a spy |
| 46% | ROGUE | 5 | No longer following orders, as a spy |
| 46% | GOESDARK | 8 | Becomes hard to reach, as a spy |
| 46% | TUBMAN | 6 | Activist Harriet, who served as a spy |
| 46% | LURK | 4 | Wait in the shadows, as a spy |
| 46% | RAN | 3 | Executed, as a program |
| 46% | RAN | 3 | Executed, as a command |
| 45% | PULLS | 5 | Executes, as a prank |
| 45% | TAIL | 4 | Follow closely, as a spy might a mark |
| 45% | ALIAS | 5 | Series that starred Jennifer Garner as a spy |
| 45% | SHIPEIPU | 8 | Chinese opera singer who doubled as a spy |
| 45% | RAN | 3 | Executed, as a computer program |
| 45% | CIRCA | 5 | Around, as a year |
| 45% | YODA | 4 | "When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not!" speaker |
| 44% | ALIAS | 5 | 2000s ABC series starring Jennifer Garner as a spy |
| 44% | MOE | 3 | Catcher Berg who served as a spy during WWII |
| 44% | AGENT | 5 | Secret ___ Barbie (video game featuring Barbie as a spy) |
| 44% | SEEIN | 5 | Greet, as a new year |