100% | EARN | 4 | ___ one's stripes (gain a higher rank in military) |
47% | KINGDOM | 7 | Highest rank in biology taxonomy, like a realm |
47% | ADMIRAL | 7 | Often the highest rank in a navy |
46% | MARSHAL | 7 | Officer of high ranks in the medieval military |
46% | CEO | 3 | Highest ranking executive in a company |
45% | PROFESSOR | 9 | Highest rank of teachers in a college |
45% | OUTRANK | 7 | Have a higher position than, in the military |
45% | OUTRANKS | 8 | Has a higher position than, in the military |
44% | ALPHA | 5 | Highest ranking individual in a group of social animals |
43% | AUNT | 4 | One slightly higher in a tree |
42% | GENERAL | 7 | A high-ranking military member |
42% | ANCESTORS | 9 | Ones higher up in a tree |
41% | OVERCALL | 8 | In bridge, a bid higher than the preceding one |
41% | ANCESTOR | 8 | One high up in a family tree |
41% | SPF | 3 | 50 is a very high one, in brief |
41% | EXEC | 4 | One in a high 21-Across, for short |
40% | GPA | 3 | In college, a 4.0 is the highest possible one: Abbr. |
40% | EASE | 4 | "At ___", a term one could hear in a military parade |
39% | MEAL | 4 | One of the "hots" in the military slang "three hots and a cot" |
39% | PIECEOFTHEPIE | 13 | One's share, as in a fortune |
39% | EAGLE | 5 | Highest rank in Boy Scouting |
39% | ADM | 3 | High rank in the USN |
38% | PIGOTT | 6 | A C S —, England cricketer; 1984 one-Test wonder against New Zealand in Christchurch |
38% | CAPTAIN | 7 | 18-Across's highest rank in the Navy |
38% | ACES | 4 | High-ranking foursome in a deck of cards |
38% | DIRECTOR | 8 | High-ranked group leader in a corporate enterprise |
38% | EAGLE | 5 | Highest rank in the Boy Scouts |
38% | YOKOZUNA | 8 | Highest rank in professional sumo wrestling |
38% | FOAL | 4 | One in a mare's nest? |
38% | BEERBOTTLE | 10 | One in a stag's litter |