| LASHANA | With 33-Across: she will play the British intelligence officer tasked with finding and eliminating 10-Across |
| PESTS | Gardeners see moles as ___ but they are very important, however, for aerating the soil and eliminating harmful insects |
| GCHQ | Listening station of the British intelligence service (inits)(4) |
| LAINEY | With 33-Across, she won the CMA for Female Vocalist of the Year on Wednesday |
| GLENN | With 33-Across she played physician Sarah Cooper in The Big Chill |
| PHILBY | British intelligence officer and double agent who was a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring (6) |
| VERAATKINS | Romanian-born British intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive (1941-45) (4,6) |
| MILLIEBOBBY | Shown, with 33-Across, she's Eleven on "Stranger Things": 2 wds. |
| DIEINMUSIC | In 5.2, Emilia confronts Iago with the truth in front of witnesses. Iago's lies and deceit begin to unravel. Iago stabs her and then exits. Emilia's last words are "I will play the swan, And ___ ___ _ |
| NASA | American organisation tasked with space exploration (1,1,1,1) |
| ALPHA | Film in which Alia Bhatt will play the first female spy in the YRF Spy Universe. (5) |
| AUROR | In the Harry Potter series, any member of the Ministry of Magic tasked with investigating crimes relating to the Dark Arts (5) |
| KIMPHILBY | Member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, '40s and '50s (3,6) |
| SPY | Purdey in The New Avengers, played by Joanna Lumley in the 1970s, was this kind of British INTELLIGENCE agent (3) |
| MINEDETECTOR | One of those in the pits admits notice has nothing to do with finding explosive types (4,8) |
| SMILEY | George ___, intelligence officer with "The Circus" in John le Carre's novels |
| PUTIN | Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President and Prime Minister since 1999.(Last Name) (5) |
| SWAN | "I will play the ___, and die in music": Emilia |
| INEPTIENT | They will be silly, will play the fool |
| STARSIGN | Major actor gets green light for go ahead - is this supposed to give away who will play The Bull nex |
