100% | VISCOUNT | 8 | A biscuit and a rank in the peerage |
57% | SERGEANT | 8 | Rank in the British police force senior to a constable and junior to an inspector |
54% | CORPORAL | 8 | A rank in the army below sergeant |
52% | MAJ | 3 | A rank in the army that also means "huge": Abbr. |
51% | CAROLINA | 8 | Has a North and South state in the USA |
51% | SQUASH | 6 | Racket sport and a vegetable in the gourd family |
51% | AUDIS | 5 | Many Q's and A's in the auto industry? |
50% | ENDS | 4 | A and Z, in the alphabet |
50% | PLAT | 4 | A rank in video games and short for platinum |
49% | MAJORGENERAL | 12 | Rank in the British Army immediately senior to a brigadier |
48% | COLONEL | 7 | Army rank below a brigadier in the British Army |
48% | ORSONSCOTTCARD | 14 | "Ender's Game" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
48% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | "Rendezvous With Rama" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
48% | ALE | 3 | The "tan" in a black and tan |
48% | ALE | 3 | The tan in a Black and Tan |
48% | HOWE | 4 | Gordie ___ hat trick (a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game) |
48% | MOORE | 5 | A's pitcher who played in the '89 and '90 World Series |
48% | POLESAPART | 10 | In complete opposition ... and a feature of the four other longest answers |
48% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | "The Left Hand of Darkness" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 4 wds. |
48% | PAVEMENT | 8 | Called a sidewalk in the US and trottoir in France |
48% | BOB | 3 | Move up and down, like a buoy in the ocean |
48% | SWAY | 4 | Move back and forth, like a boat in the waves |
48% | ANSWER | 6 | The A in Q and A, think interviews |
48% | MIXER | 5 | The 7-Up in a 7 and 7 |
48% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | A Commonwealth and the largest country in Oceania |
48% | TONALITY | 8 | The shading and hues used in a painting |
48% | JAMAICANRUM | 11 | The "dark" in a Dark and Stormy, perhaps |
47% | TREEHOUSE | 9 | A den made up in the leaves and branches |
47% | ADMIRAL | 7 | Often the highest rank in a navy |
47% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |