| 100% | BOND | 4 | James ___ in spy novels |
| 74% | ASSET | 5 | Intel source, in spy novels |
| 68% | BRAINWASH | 9 | Method used in spy novels to make the hero forget |
| 67% | DRNO | 4 | 1958 spy novel set in Jamaica |
| 64% | CIA | 3 | Spy group in Tom Clancy novels: Abbr. |
| 63% | KGB | 3 | Spy org. in a Tom Clancy novel |
| 63% | STEPHENHERO | 11 | James Joyce novel published posthumously in 1944 |
| 63% | ULYSSES | 7 | Novel by James Joyce published in 1922 |
| 63% | TAIPAN | 6 | James Clavell novel set in Hong Kong |
| 63% | AGENTS | 6 | 00s, in James Bond novels |
| 62% | CIA | 3 | Spy org. in the Jason Bourne novels (Abbr.) |
| 62% | CIA | 3 | Spy org. in many 15-Across novels (Abbr.) |
| 62% | KINGRAT | 7 | James Clavell novel set in W.W. II |
| 61% | USSR | 4 | World power in many spy-fi novels |
| 61% | ALEX | 4 | Detective/psychologist Cross in James Patterson novels |
| 60% | KARLA | 5 | Russian spy chief in three Le Carre novels |
| 60% | KGB | 3 | Soviet spy group in James Bond movies: Abbr. |
| 60% | CIA | 3 | Espionage org. in some James Bond novels (Abbr.) |
| 60% | SMERSH | 6 | Soviet counterintelligence org. featured in James Bond novels |
| 60% | WASHI | 5 | Henry James novel set in New York City |
| 60% | SHANGRILA | 9 | Utopian valley in James Hilton novel Lost Horizon |
| 59% | AGEE | 4 | James —, author of 1957 autobiographical novel A Death in the Family |
| 59% | ASIA | 4 | Continent in which many James Clavell novels are set |
| 59% | ALEXCROSS | 9 | Detective in dozens of James Patterson novels: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BLOOM | 5 | Leopold —, central character in 1922 James Joyce novel Ulysses |
| 58% | NOBLEHOUSE | 10 | 1981 novel by James Clavell set in Hong Kong |
| 58% | BOND | 4 | James ___, spy character played by Sean Connery in seven films including "Goldfinger" |
| 57% | WATCHANDWARD | 12 | Henry James novel first published in book form in 1878 |
| 57% | SHANGRILA | 9 | Imaginary Himalayan valley in 1933 James Hilton novel Lost Horizon |
| 57% | CIA | 3 | Organization in many spy novels: Abbr. |