Complete Clue List
Across
1. Jack Higgins has the Germans try to kidnap Churchill during WWII; "The ___ Has Landed" (1975)
4. Author of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (1974); John le ___
7. Frequently mentioned intelligence agency (not CIA) in "Red Widow" (2021) by Alma Katsu
8. Helen McInnes' heroine is close to death smuggling secrets in "Ride ___ Horse" (1984 - 2 words 1,4)
9. Len Deighton's nameless spy is skin-diving in this 1963 novel; "Horse ___ Water"
10. Title of Theda Glass in Charlie Higson's "Young Bond" tale "Hurricane Gold" (2007)
11. From Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" series of novels, the commonly used name of Jack Ryan's wife
14. Author of the "Mac Sisco" series of modern spy novels; Lou ___
17. Some veracity from (see 4 Across) in 2013; "A Delicate ___"
20. Rock hard protagonist of Jack Mars' series that starts with "Any Means Necessary" (2015); Luke ___
23. In 1969 we meet Alistair MacLean's agent Paul Sherman; "Puppet ___ Chain" (2 Words 2,1)
24. Brian Masaru Hayashi explores the impact of Orientals in espionage; "___-American Spies" (2021)
25. Japanese city that is a setting for Raymond Benson's "Bond" novel "The Facts of Death" (1998)
26. In 1966 Ian Fleming has James Bond chasing "The Property ___ Lady" (2 Words 2,1)
27. Her 2020 work was "Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists"; Dr. Julia ___
28. In 2014 Robert Littell uses his disagreeable agent Lemuel Gunn in "A ___ Piece of Work"
Down
1. An older term for oleic acid; ___ acid
2. James Bond's formidable adversary in "From Russia, With Love" (1957); Red ___
3. Desmond Bagley's 1977 espionage thriller introduces the foe; "The ___"
4. Origin, Eric Ambler's spy thriller from 1938; "___ for Alarm"
5. Bond girl from "Dr. No" (1958); Honeychile ___ (Care: Spelling differs in the 1962 film)
6. Sounding like an eagle's nest, Stevie Davies introduces Red Dora in 2007; "The ___"
12. John Denis' 1981 novel based on an Alistair Maclean concept; "___ Force One Is Down"
13. Trevanian's 2000 boiling masterwork; "___ Night in the City"
15. Jack Ryan deals with a rogue Russian sub in Andrews & Wilson's "___ of Defiance" (2024)
16. He introduced us to his unknown spy in 1962's "The IPCRESS File"; ___ Deighton
17. An undercover deal from Alan Furst in 1984; "Shadow ___"
18. Fusion or crime gang led by Le Gerant in Raymond Benson's "High Time to Kill" (1999); The ___
19. John Gardner's distinguished 4th James Bond novel; "Role of ___" (1984 - US spelling)
20. Pierre Cavell has a devil of a time preventing germ warfare in Ian Stuart's "The ___ Bug" (1962)
21. This John Gardner secret agent first appeared in "The Liquidator" (1964); Boysie ___
22. Not a spy story but... Lacey Lehotzky's 2025 'dark' fantasy; "Horns of ___"