| THEHONOURABLESCHOOLBOY | 1977 spy novel by John le Carre whose title refers to Gerald Westerby, a British spy sent to Hong Kong by George Smiley |
| TELEFON | 1977 spy thriller about sleeper agents, starring Charles bronson and lee Remick |
| THECONSTANT | & 14D 2001 novel by John le Carre whose central character is Justin Quayle (3,8,8) |
| ASPIC | A Dandy in -----, a British spy film starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay and Mia Farrow (5) |
| KILLINGEVE | BBC America series starring 16-Across as a British spy: 2 wds. |
| PRETTYINPINK | 1986 movie written by John Hughes whose title refers to a colorful prom dress: 3 wds. |
| WEIRDSCIENCE | 1985 movie written by John Hughes whose title refers to an experiment gone awry: 2 wds. |
| ALLIWANTISYOU | 2010 R&B hit by Miguel whose title refers to a fixation on one love interest: 5 wds. |
| BLACKCAKE | 2022 debut novel whose title refers to a Caribbean dessert |
| SHE | April Come ___ Will 1966 song by Simon & Garfunkel whose title refers to a woman |
| SCARBOROUGHFAIR | *Song whose title refers to an annual 45-day trading event in a seaside Yorkshire town during the Middle Ages |
| DREAMCOUNT | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel whose title refers to the idealistic way one of its characters takes stock of her past relationships (March, 2025) |
| SMILEYRSQUOS | ____ People was a 1979 spy novel by John Le Carre (7) |
| HER | 2013 film whose title refers to a computer operating system |
| NINE | Film whose title refers to a nonet of women in Guido Contini's life |
| VEGAS | 2022 Doja Cat hit whose title refers to a gambling city |
| CRUSH | Orange ___, 1988 song by R.E.M. whose title refers to Agent Orange (5) |
| DOUBLEINDEMNITY | Classic film noir whose title refers to a life insurance policy clause |
| GENTLEONMYMIND | 1968 Glen Campbell hit whose title refers to how the rivers of his memory flow: 4 wds. |
| STICKSEASON | 2022 Noah Kahan song whose title refers to the bleak transitional period between fall and winter |
