Spy organisation which makes the news (12)
I believe the answer is:
intelligence
'news' is the definition.
(I know that news can be written as intelligence)
'spy organisation which makes the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'organisation' could be 'el' (el is a kind of organization) and 'el' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intelligence that I've seen before include "Mind; news" , "army section?" , "Covert information" , "Ken" , "Covertly-gathered info" .)