| 100% | COMICAL | 7 | __ Ali, nickname of Iraq's spokesman of 2003 war |
| 39% | SOLDIER | 7 | The American ___, community representing the U.S. forces in the Iraq War which was declared as the Time "Person of the Year" in 2003 |
| 38% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the President during the Civil War |
| 37% | ANI | 3 | Nickname of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars universe |
| 36% | WMD | 3 | Part of the Iraq War's justification: Abbr. |
| 36% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the Civil War president |
| 36% | REDCOATS | 8 | Nickname of British soldiers in Revolutionary War |
| 34% | ANI | 3 | Nickname of a young Darth Vader in "Star Wars" |
| 34% | SHOCKANDAWE | 11 | Strategy during the 2003 invasion of Iraq |
| 34% | CONCHIE | 7 | Nickname of one who refused a call-up to war |
| 34% | SHOCKANDAWE | 11 | Military strategy during the 2003 invasion of Iraq |
| 34% | WMD | 3 | Justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, briefly |
| 33% | WMDS | 4 | One rationale for the 2003 invasion of Iraq: Abbr. |
| 33% | UMMQASR | 7 | Port city crucial in the 2003 invasion of Iraq |
| 33% | BIBI | 4 | Nickname of Israel's Netanyahu |
| 32% | BEY | 3 | Nickname of 2025's Album of the Year Grammy winner |
| 32% | TROOPWITHDRAWAL | 15 | Contentious issue of the Iraq War |
| 32% | ALI | 3 | Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site) |
| 32% | THELIP | 6 | Nickname of baseball's Leo Durocher |
| 32% | TAD | 3 | Nickname of Lincoln's youngest son |
| 32% | FATHA | 5 | Nickname of jazz's Earl Hines |
| 32% | THEANSWER | 9 | Nickname of basketball's Allen Iverson |
| 32% | LOLA | 4 | Nickname of Madonna's daughter Lourdes |
| 32% | THECAT | 6 | Nickname of hockey's Felix Potvin |
| 32% | NINA | 4 | Nickname of Columbus's Santa Clara |
| 32% | LENINGRAD | 9 | Nickname of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony |
| 32% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname of basketball's Julius Erving |
| 32% | MRCUB | 5 | Nickname of baseball's Ernie Banks |
| 32% | BIGO | 4 | Nickname of basketball's Oscar Robertson |
| 31% | RHENISH | 7 | Nickname of Schumann's Symphony No. 3 |