| OURKIND | ___ ___ of Traitor, 2016, Ewan McGregor spy thriller film (3,4) |
| ERRATUM | Mistake of traitor trapped by signs of hesitation |
| HUNTFOR | The ___ ___ Red October, 1990 Sean Connery spy thriller film (4,3) |
| OCTOBER | "The Hunt for Red ___" (1990 spy thriller film) (7) |
| WHISTLE | The _ Blower, 1986 Michael Caine spy thriller film (7) |
| PRORATA | In favour of traitor, answer is proportional |
| REDCOAT | Former British soldier deciphered code in possession of traitor (7) |
| LECARRE | "Our Kind of Traitor" writer |
| SETRING | Release from prison holding unknown number of traitors (3,4) |
| SPYRING | Release from prison holding unknown number of traitors (3,4) |
| TREASON | First of traitors with motive for betrayal (7) |
| ANEST | "___ of traitors!" (cry in "The Winter's Tale") |
| THERON | Charlize ___, star of the 2017 spy thriller film Atomic Blonde (6) |
| HUNT | The ___ for Red October 1990 American submarine spy-thriller film which is based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name starring Sean Connery |
| NOTORIOUS | 1946 spy thriller film in which Ingrid Bergman plays the daughter of a Nazi war criminal (9) |
| WRATH | Violent anger of traitor surrounded by extremes of wealth (5) |
| THEIPCRESSFILE | 1965 spy thriller film starring Michael Caine (3,7,4) |
| BLACKBAG | 2025 spy thriller film starring Cate Blanchett (5,3) |
| OFALL | The Sum ___ ___ Fears, 2002 Ben Affleck spy thriller film (2,3) |
| NORTHWEST | 1959 spy thriller film with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, North By _ (9) |
