CASINO, TOWER, SCUBA DIVER, POUND, APPLE, PUPIL, PIRATE, CONTRACT, CLIFF.
First thought is maybe SCUBA DIVER, PIRATE, CLIFF? Some water-related, clue, like SEA. But there's FISH there. Maybe just SEAMAN for PIRATE and SCUBA DIVER. But PILOT is the assassin. Hopefully it works out.
CASINO, TOWER, POUND, APPLE, PUPIL, CONTRACT, CLIFF
Now this seems rough. Maybe it's possible to clue POUND+APPLE in CAKE? like poundcake. But PIE gets in the way there.
Looks like red goes HACKING for SERVER, AGENT, FILE. Doens't really help me much. But luckily it looks like the other team is choosing differe…