| 100% | CRY | 3 | "___ 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war": Mark Antony |
| 78% | CRY | 3 | "___ 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war!" (Shakespeare line) |
| 53% | WAR | 3 | "... let slip the dogs of ___": Shak. |
| 38% | DOGSOFWAR | 9 | Let slip the __; Marc Antony's order |
| 37% | UZI | 3 | "The Dogs of War" weapon |
| 35% | EURO | 4 | Successor of the mark and markka |
| 34% | BIGREDONE | 9 | The —, 1980 war film starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill |
| 34% | DATED | 5 | Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past |
| 34% | SKYWALKER | 9 | The last name of Luke and Anakin from Star Wars |
| 33% | SHIHTZU | 7 | Small dog of a breed derived from crossing the Tibetan apso and Pekingese |
| 33% | TWAIN | 5 | Mark —, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper |
| 33% | PIERRE | 6 | War and Peace character who sees the Great Comet of 1812 |
| 33% | ODIE | 4 | Dog in the 2008 book "30 Years of Laughs and Lasagna" |
| 33% | PUNIC | 5 | ___ Wars (conflicts of the second and third centuries B.C.) |
| 33% | OBAMAS | 6 | Owners of the dogs Bo and Sunny |
| 33% | AJAX | 4 | Son of Telamon and Greek hero of the Trojan War |
| 33% | PECKINPAH | 9 | Sam —, director of films The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs |
| 33% | AMIS | 4 | Martin —, author of the novels Yellow Dog and Other People |
| 33% | ROGUEONE | 8 | Star Wars story of Jyn Erso and the Death Star |
| 33% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | Character seen at the beginning and end of "Star Wars" |
| 32% | WELLS | 5 | Author of "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine" |
| 32% | DIOMEDES | 8 | Son of Tydeus and Deipyle; mythological Greek warrior in the Trojan War |
| 32% | FASTANDFURRYOUS | 15 | 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across |
| 32% | TILDE | 5 | Mark in the intersection of 56-Across and 38-Down |
| 32% | CEDILLA | 7 | Mark in the intersection of 58-Across and 43-Down |
| 32% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down |
| 32% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark in the intersection of 19-Across and 11-Down |
| 31% | BOWLES | 6 | Paul —, US author of novels Let It Come Down and The Sheltering Sky |
| 31% | DAYS | 4 | The dog ___ of summer |