| 100% | EVADE | 5 | Dodge detection, as a spy |
| 61% | TURNS | 5 | Switches allegiances, as a spy |
| 59% | INSIDE | 6 | Acting as a spy, maybe |
| 58% | DECODE | 6 | Translate, as a spy's message |
| 57% | CANAAN | 6 | Where Caleb was sent as a spy |
| 57% | ROGUE | 5 | No longer following orders, as a spy |
| 57% | GOESDARK | 8 | Becomes hard to reach, as a spy |
| 57% | TUBMAN | 6 | Activist Harriet, who served as a spy |
| 57% | LURK | 4 | Wait in the shadows, as a spy |
| 57% | TAIL | 4 | Follow closely, as a spy might a mark |
| 57% | NATHANHALE | 10 | 21-year-old executed as a spy (1776) |
| 57% | ALIAS | 5 | Series that starred Jennifer Garner as a spy |
| 57% | SHIPEIPU | 8 | Chinese opera singer who doubled as a spy |
| 56% | EVADE | 5 | Dodge, as a question |
| 56% | AVOID | 5 | Dodge, as a question |
| 56% | SHIRK | 5 | Dodge, as a duty |
| 56% | ALIAS | 5 | 2000s ABC series starring Jennifer Garner as a spy |
| 56% | MOE | 3 | Catcher Berg who served as a spy during WWII |
| 56% | AGENT | 5 | Secret ___ Barbie (video game featuring Barbie as a spy) |
| 55% | EVADE | 5 | Dodge, as detection |
| 54% | ALIAS | 5 | 2001 to 2006 TV show with Jennifer Garner as a spy |
| 53% | EVADE | 5 | Dodge skillfully, as a question |
| 52% | RAM | 3 | Pickup truck originally sold as a Dodge vehicle |
| 50% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer executed as a German spy in World War I |
| 49% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 49% | KILLINGEVE | 10 | BBC America series starring 16-Across as a British spy: 2 wds. |
| 49% | THEAMERICANS | 12 | 2013-2018 series starring Keri Russell as a Russian spy: 2 wds. |
| 48% | AVERT | 5 | Manage to dodge, as a catastrophe |
| 48% | MATA | 4 | ___ Hari, the exotic dancer executed as a German spy in France during WWl |
| 48% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dutch dancer born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle executed as a German spy in 1917 |