| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Fri, Aug 30, 2024 | 31A | Many John le Carré characters | Colin Adams | Fagliano |
| Wed, Dec 27, 2023 | 37A | Secret traders | Kareem Ayas | Shortz |
| Tue, May 24, 2022 | 4D | People who might bug others | Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
| Tue, Sep 26, 2017 | 67A | John le Carré heroes | Joy Behar and Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
| Sat, Dec 03, 2016 | 42A | Spooks | Jason Flinn | Shortz |
| Sun, Jan 24, 2016 | 40D | Secret collectors | Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Mon, Aug 10, 2015 | 24D | 007 and others | C. W. Stewart | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 03, 2013 | 40D | Some "Bourne" film characters | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Fri, Sep 16, 2011 | 21A | They may work for both sides | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Thu, May 26, 2011 | 50D | Fears of some paranoiacs | Ashish Vengsarkar | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 21, 2010 | 15D | Black and white Mad magazine figures | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | 31D | Black-clad and white-clad Mad adversaries | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron | Shortz |
| Fri, Oct 21, 2005 | 29D | Uses a tap, perhaps | Louis Hildebrand | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 09, 2000 | 65D | Those seeking intelligence | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sun, Jul 18, 1999 | 68A | Spooks | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
| Wed, Oct 07, 1998 | 36A | People who aren't what they seem | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
| Sat, Aug 03, 1996 | 28D | Shadows | A. D. Cover | Shortz |
| Mon, Apr 17, 1995 | 38A | Cloak-and-dagger types | Kenneth Witte | Shortz |
| Sat, Apr 15, 1995 | 45A | Spooks | Bob Klahn | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 26, 1995 | 81A | 1928 Fritz Lang thriller | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
| Mon, Jan 17, 1994 | 25A | Sometimes they get the hang of it | Sidney L. Robbins | Shortz |