| 100% | ALECLEAMAS | 10 | The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| 97% | LECARRE | 7 | John, who wrote The Spy Who Came In from the Cold |
| 97% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, director of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
| 95% | OSKAR | 5 | Werner of "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" |
| 95% | OSKAR | 5 | Actor Werner of "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" |
| 93% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | British novelist who wrote "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (3 wds.) |
| 90% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" author, whose ten books have been adapted into films: 3 wds. |
| 81% | ALEC | 4 | The spy in "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" |
| 78% | SPY | 3 | John le Carré's "The ___ Who Came in From the Cold" |
| 78% | COLD | 4 | "The Spy Who Came In From the ___" (third John le Carré novel to feature George Smiley) |
| 67% | SPY | 3 | He came in from the cold |
| 67% | CHALET | 6 | Place to come in from the cold |
| 60% | SPY | 3 | He "came in from the cold" |
| 54% | SEAL | 4 | "Kiss from a Rose" singer who came in fourth place in the second season of "The Masked Singer" |
| 53% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | American Cold War lawyer who brokered the spy swap dramatized in 44-Across, played by Tom Hanks (3 wds.) |
| 53% | WOLFGANGVOGEL | 13 | German Cold War lawyer who brokered the spy swap dramatized in 44-Across, played by Sebastian Koch (2 wds.) |
| 51% | SNOWS | 5 | Comes down from the sky in flakes |
| 51% | MOJO | 4 | What's stolen from Austin Powers in "The Spy Who Shagged Me" |
| 50% | MOJO | 4 | What Dr. Evil steals from Austin Powers, in "The Spy Who Shagged Me" |
| 49% | ANON | 4 | When Juliet tells the Nurse she will come in from the balcony |
| 48% | ILOST | 5 | Phrase from one who came in second (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ATLANTIS | 8 | A villain hideout in The Spy Who Loved Me |
| 48% | FELIX | 5 | Baumgarten who famously skydived from the stratosphere in 2014 |
| 48% | KIEL | 4 | Richard who played "Jaws" in The Spy Who Loved Me |
| 47% | SCRUTINY | 8 | Word that comes from the Late Latin word meaning "those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value" |
| 47% | ESPRIT | 6 | Lotus __ S1, Bond's car in The Spy Who Loved Me |
| 47% | EAST | 4 | Direction the Wise Men came from, in the Bible |
| 47% | TOLSTOY | 7 | Russian novelist who came from the aristocracy |