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- Somerset Maugham Award winner of '64
- John of spy novels
- John of spy fiction
- English writer John
- Edgar Award winner in '65
- Creator of Smiley the agent
- Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers
- Author known for the intelligence of his writing?
- "The United States of America Has Gone Mad" writer
- "The Tailor of Panama" author
- "The Little Drummer Girl" author John ___: 2 wds
- "The Constant Gardener" author
- "Smiley's People" author
- "Our Kind of Traitor" writer
- "Agent Running in the Field" author
- "A Perfect Spy" author
- "A Legacy of Spies" novelist
- "A Delicate Truth" author John
- "A Delicate Truth" author
- 'The Russia House' author
- 'A Perfect Spy' novelist John
- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" author
- "A Murder of Quality" author
- "The Russia House" author
- Author connected to this puzzle's theme
- Spy novelist John
- Smiley's creator
- John who wrote "A Perfect Spy"
- Cornwell's pen name
- Best-selling author who once worked for Britain's MI6
- English spy novelist
- 'Smiley's People' author
- 'A Perfect Spy' author
- "A Perfect Spy" author John
- Smiley creator
- "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" author
- "The Constant Gardener" novelist
- "A Most Wanted Man" writer
- "A Legacy of Spies" author
- Writer of spy thrillers
- Spy-fi pseudonym
- Spy novel pen name