| 100% | THEEAGLEHAS | 11 | & 17D 1975 novel by Jack Higgins set during the Second World War |
| 43% | FAREWELL | 8 | "A ___ to Arms," novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I |
| 42% | AFAREWELLTOARMS | 15 | Ernest Hemingway novel set during the First World War |
| 40% | FDR | 3 | President during the Second World War: Abbr. |
| 40% | ROSIE | 5 | Propaganda figure during the Second World War |
| 40% | CHURCHILL | 9 | UK Prime Minister during the Second World War |
| 40% | HIROHITO | 8 | Emperor of Japan during the Second World War |
| 40% | WHITEROSE | 9 | Anti-Nazi movement during the Second World War |
| 39% | LASCALA | 7 | Milan opera house severely damaged during the Second World War |
| 38% | THENIGHTINGALE | 14 | 2015 novel by 44-Across set in France during World War II (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DEATHTRADE | 10 | The —, 2013 novel by Jack Higgins |
| 34% | SALEMS | 6 | "___ Lot," 1975 novel by Stephen King that was nominated for the World Fantasy Award |
| 33% | ENIAC | 5 | Electronic digital computer developed by John Mauchly and J P Eckert during the Second World War |
| 32% | THEFOURWINDS | 12 | Novel by 29-Across set in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THEJUDASGATE | 12 | 2010 novel by Jack Higgins |
| 32% | LUCIANOS | 8 | & 5D 1981 novel by Jack Higgins |
| 32% | NATO | 4 | Grp. formed after the Second World War |
| 31% | THEGREATALONE | 13 | 2018 novel by 44-Across set in Alaska after the Vietnam War (3 wds.) |
| 31% | EBOAT | 5 | German naval vessel of the Second World War |
| 31% | EMMEN | 5 | New town in Drenthe, northeast Netherlands, developed since the Second World War |
| 30% | DDT | 3 | Chemical used to control malaria in the Second World War |
| 30% | PTBOAT | 6 | U.S. naval craft used in the Second World War |
| 30% | THEWATERDANCER | 14 | 2019 bestselling fantasy novel by 45-Across set in the pre-Civil War South (3 wds.) |
| 30% | MISSSAIGON | 10 | *Musical set during the Vietnam War |
| 30% | AIRMAN | 6 | Part of a Tuskegee-trained force in the Second World War |
| 30% | AJAX | 4 | Sophocles play set during the Trojan War |
| 30% | ILIAD | 5 | Homeric epic set during the Trojan War |
| 30% | APOCALYPSENOW | 13 | 1979 film set during the Vietnam War |