| 100% | GOSS | 4 | Former C.I.A. director Porter ___ |
| 87% | GOSS | 4 | Porter ___, former C.I.A. director |
| 78% | GOSS | 4 | Former C.I.A. chief Porter ___ |
| 78% | LEON | 4 | Former C.I.A. director Panetta |
| 78% | TENET | 5 | Former C.I.A. director George ___ |
| 59% | LEON | 4 | Former C.I.A. chief Panetta |
| 58% | LEON | 4 | C.I.A. director Panetta |
| 57% | PANETTA | 7 | C.I.A. director under Obama |
| 55% | TENET | 5 | C.I.A. director under Clinton and Bush |
| 55% | PANETTA | 7 | Obama’s C.I.A. director |
| 54% | PETRAEUS | 8 | David ___, C.I.A. director under Obama |
| 52% | WOOLSEY | 7 | James who was C.I.A. director under Clinton |
| 51% | PANETTA | 7 | Leon who was Obama's first C.I.A. director |
| 51% | GOSS | 4 | Former CIA director Porter |
| 48% | GREEN | 5 | A. C. ___, former NBA player from the Showtime era |
| 47% | VITAMIN | 7 | Maybe I'm in vat A or C? |
| 45% | LETTERS | 7 | a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l... |
| 44% | SANDL | 5 | Place to get a C.D. or an I.R.A. |
| 44% | GEORGETENET | 11 | *C.I.A.'s second-longest-serving director |
| 43% | COMEY | 5 | Former F.B.I. director James |
| 43% | MEHTA | 5 | Former L.A. Philharmonic director Zubin |
| 42% | EDGAR | 5 | Former F.B.I. director J. ___ Hoover |
| 42% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Former "All New Mickey Mouse Club" Mouseketeer with a "Piece of Me" Vegas show (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ETTOCOMEY | 9 | Start of a radio communication between a 1982 film alien and former FBI director James? |
| 41% | ARF | 3 | "C'mon, throw me a bone already!" |
| 40% | OSS | 3 | C.I.A. forerunner |
| 40% | OSS | 3 | C.I.A. predecessor |
| 40% | OSS | 3 | C.I.A. progenitor |
| 40% | OSS | 3 | C.I.A., formerly |
| 40% | MOLE | 4 | C.I.A. worry |