| 100% | CIA | 3 | Cousin of MI6 in spy stories |
| 45% | SMERSH | 6 | Foe of MI6 in Bond novels |
| 41% | ATHOUSANDANDONE | 15 | Number of nights in old stories |
| 41% | LUKEDUKE | 8 | Cousin of Bo in 1980s Hazzard County TV series |
| 40% | SUPERGIRL | 9 | Heroine cousin of Kal-El in DC Comics |
| 40% | ETAGE | 5 | Story of a building, in France |
| 40% | WOODY | 5 | Friend of Buzz in "Toy Story" |
| 39% | AMINSTREET | 10 | Story of a tough town in Africa? |
| 39% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, actor who plays head of MI6 in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 38% | DAISYDUKE | 9 | Alliterative cousin of Bo in The Dukes of Hazzard |
| 38% | GOSPEL | 6 | Story told in books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
| 37% | EAPOE | 5 | Author of Gothic short stories, in short |
| 37% | ROC | 3 | Danger in stories of Sinbad the sailor |
| 37% | KGB | 3 | Soviet agency in "Bridge of Spies": Abbr. |
| 37% | ACACIA | 6 | Notes a bunch of spies in shrub |
| 37% | THETORNBIRDS | 12 | Story of trouble in the Oriole clubhouse? |
| 37% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Problem in the Tower of Babel story |
| 37% | NIN | 3 | "A Spy in the House of Love" author |
| 37% | HEADLINES | 9 | The titles of top stories in the news |
| 37% | ACACIA | 6 | Notes a bunch of spies in a shrub |
| 37% | LEG | 3 | Shape of a lamp in "A Christmas Story" |
| 37% | LEDE | 4 | Start of a news story, in journalism lingo |
| 37% | OSS | 3 | Org. in old spy stories |
| 37% | ASSET | 5 | Provider of intel, in spy jargon |
| 36% | TERRORIST | 9 | Enemy of a government agent in a spy film |
| 36% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest of the Three Bears in Goldilocks's story |
| 36% | MAMABEAR | 8 | One of a trio in a children's story |
| 36% | ALIMONY | 7 | Topic of contention in “Marriage Story” (November, 2019) |
| 36% | ANITA | 5 | Friend of Maria in "West Side Story" |
| 35% | OSKAR | 5 | Werner of "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" |