Answer: spies

AnswerCrossword Clue
SPIESCIA agents
SPIESSome spooks
SPIESSecret observers
SPIESThey gather intelligence
SPIESAustin Powers and Johnny English
SPIESLe Carre characters
SPIESSmiley's people?
SPIESCIA employees
SPIESOperatives
SPIESBond's cohorts
SPIESMoles, e.g.
SPIESSpooks
SPIESCatches sight of
SPIESHale and Hari
SPIESM's subordinates
SPIESCloak-and-dagger types
SPIESMoles, for example
SPIESWorks in intelligence
SPIESParts of some rings
SPIESSecret seekers
spiesperson who keeps secret watch on others
SPIESMoles, maybe
SPIESCaleb and Joshua
SPIESSecret agents
SPIESFleming characters
SPIESBug specialists?
SPIESProhias' adversaries
SPIES"Mad" adversaries
SPIESProhias's adversaries
SPIESPerpetrators of black-bag jobs
SPIESAgents
SPIES86 and 99, in "Get Smart"
SPIESSpots
SPIESBond and Bourne
SPIESNathan Hale and others
SPIESNotices
SPIESUndercover agents
SPIESSome plants
SPIES007 and others
SPIESMata Hari et al.