| 100% | AIDE | 4 | ___-de-camp (secretary to a senior officer) |
| 54% | AIDE | 4 | ___-de-camp (senior officer's secretary) |
| 52% | ASSISTANT | 9 | Aide to a senior person |
| 48% | FREEZEPOPS | 10 | Command to a suspicious senior? |
| 48% | AMEMO | 5 | "Take ___" (request to a secretary) |
| 46% | ENS | 3 | Superior to a chief warrant officer: Abbr. |
| 46% | SIR | 3 | Way to address a male superior officer |
| 46% | YESSIR | 6 | Affirmative to a commanding officer |
| 46% | GROUPCAPTAIN | 12 | RAF officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander |
| 45% | PERP | 4 | Culprit, to a police officer |
| 44% | WIRE | 4 | Hidden microphone, to a police officer |
| 44% | RVLOT | 5 | Place to park a camper |
| 43% | DAD | 3 | Party to many a camping trip |
| 43% | DOWNPLAYS | 9 | De-emphasizes, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 43% | TENT | 4 | Camping equipment that can take a while to assemble |
| 43% | TOUGHLOVE | 9 | Sending a child to military camp, say |
| 42% | ERNEST | 6 | He went to camp in a 1987 movie |
| 42% | SIR | 3 | Term used to address a male superior officer |
| 42% | YESSIR | 6 | Polite affirmation to a male officer (2 wds.) |
| 42% | YESSIR | 6 | Affirmative response to a male officer: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NOTRACE | 7 | What a camper or criminal hopes to leave |
| 42% | QUARTERS | 8 | Sleeping area assigned to officers on a warship |
| 42% | WHATSTHEHURRY | 13 | Officer's query to a speeder |
| 42% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | Officer's query to a speeder |
| 42% | WHYTHEBIGRUSH | 13 | Officer's query to a speeder |
| 41% | YEO | 3 | Prefix with "man" to mean a naval petty officer |
| 41% | GROUPCAPTAIN | 12 | RAF officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore |
| 41% | CACAO | 5 | Crème de ___ (chocolate liqueur used to make a grasshopper) |
| 41% | RVLOT | 5 | Place to park a camper, for short (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SIR | 3 | How to address a male superior officer in the army |