| 100% | FURLOUGH | 8 | A leave of absence, like in the armed forces |
| 50% | SIR | 3 | Term of address in the armed forces |
| 50% | CIVILIAN | 8 | A person not in the armed forces or police force |
| 49% | NMI | 3 | Letters used in the absence of a letter |
| 49% | RADIAL | 6 | Like the arms of a starfish |
| 49% | ESC | 3 | Key in the upper left corner of a keyboard |
| 49% | BSIX | 4 | Space in the left row of a game card |
| 49% | ONE | 3 | Figure in the top left of a crossword grid |
| 49% | ESC | 3 | Key in the top left corner of a keyboard |
| 48% | RANK | 4 | Sergeant is a ___ in the armed forces |
| 48% | FOR | 3 | Word often seen in the lower left corner of a check |
| 47% | OVAL | 4 | Like the leaves of a trailing arbutus |
| 47% | COOL | 4 | Like the other side of the pillow, in a saying |
| 47% | FAINT | 5 | Like the glow of the last embers in a fire |
| 47% | SILKY | 5 | Like the hair of a model in a shampoo ad |
| 47% | SLIM | 4 | Like the odds of finding a needle in a haystack |
| 47% | AROAR | 5 | Like crowds in the heat of a match |
| 47% | NEAREST | 7 | Like the exit one should leave through in a fire drill |
| 46% | FLAMING | 7 | Like the “Creatures” in a landmark work of underground queer cinema |
| 46% | ASWARM | 6 | Like bees on the rampage, in a quaint sort of way |
| 46% | ODDPINNATE | 10 | Like the leaves of a rose plant, for example |
| 46% | ARTIFICER | 9 | Mechanic in the armed forces |
| 46% | MEDIC | 5 | Doctor in the armed forces |
| 46% | MEDIC | 5 | Physician in the armed forces |
| 46% | FURLOUGHED | 10 | Granted a leave of absence |
| 46% | ONFURLOUGH | 10 | Taking a leave of absence |
| 46% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of years in a periodical cicada’s life cycle |
| 46% | ONEEYED | 7 | Like a cyclops or some of the Minions in "Despicable Me": Hyph. |
| 46% | MANIC | 5 | Like Monday, in the title of a Bangles hit |
| 46% | CHAPLAIN | 8 | Religious official in the armed forces |