| FLEMING | Ian Lancaster -; author of spy novels about secret agent 007 including Diamonds Are Forever, Goldfinger and Moonraker (7) |
| IAN | Forename of the author of spy novels including Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger (3) |
| BOND | Ornithologist and author of Birds of the West Indies whose name was appropriated by novelist and keen birdwatcher Ian Lancaster Fleming for his iconic fictional secret agent code-numbered 007 (4) |
| OPERATIVE | Work on oddly dismissed retro musical about secret agent in the US |
| CARBONADE | Worry about secret agent getting in a stew |
| AVENGERS | 1960s TV series about secret agent John Steed, The -------- (8) |
| IANFLEMING | Author of spy novels, creator of secret agent James Bond (3,7) |
| LECARRE | John - -; pen name of the author of spy novels including The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People (2,5) |
| DEIGHTON | English author of spy novels including The Ipcress File and Only When I Larf (8) |
| LEN | ___ Deighton British author of spy novels |
| AMBLER | Eric ___, British writer of spy novels (6) |
| EPISODES | Parts of the story contain an ode about secret agents (8) |
| BAUM | L. Frank -; author of a series of novels about the Land of Oz (4) |
| RANSOME | Author of a series of adventure novels about characters including the Amazons, the Coots, the Hullabaloos and the Swallows |
| ERIC | Ambler of spy novels |
| ARCHER | Animated series about secret agents |
| ALEXRIDER | Series of young adult spy novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz (4,5) |
| WELLTODO | Rich source of oil also including diamonds |
| HORNBY | Nick ?, author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| FRASER | George MacDonald, British author who wrote a series of novels about Harry Flashman (6) |
