| 100% | SAPPER | 6 | A pioneer or combat engineer in the army |
| 43% | GENERAL | 7 | Top officer in the Army or Marines |
| 42% | SOLDIER | 7 | A man in the army |
| 42% | CLONE | 5 | Trooper in the army of the Republic, in a film |
| 42% | NEBULOUS | 8 | In the form of a haze or cloud |
| 41% | CORPORAL | 8 | A rank in the army below sergeant |
| 41% | TESTIMONY | 9 | A written or spoken statement in the court of law |
| 40% | ONTAP | 5 | Waiting in the wings or in a keg |
| 40% | KNOT | 4 | Tightness in the stomach or in a muscle |
| 40% | NICHE | 5 | Specific audience in the market, or a recess |
| 40% | RANK | 4 | Captain or Major, in the army |
| 40% | OINTMENT | 8 | Fly in the __ means a drawback or a flaw |
| 40% | BLUEPRINT | 9 | A plan used in architecture or engineering |
| 40% | AVERAGE | 7 | The mean or standard in a group |
| 39% | ESCROW | 6 | A bond or deed kept in the custody of a third party |
| 39% | MAJ | 3 | A rank in the army that also means "huge": Abbr. |
| 39% | MAJORGENERAL | 12 | Rank in the British Army immediately senior to a brigadier |
| 39% | PICNIC | 6 | Walk in the park … or sit in a park, maybe |
| 39% | MINIFIG | 7 | Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal |
| 39% | ANVIL | 5 | Bone in the middle ear, or a blacksmith's block |
| 39% | TAG | 3 | Annoyance in the back of a T-shirt or bra |
| 39% | LEAGUE | 6 | The "L" in N.L. or A.L. |
| 39% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller in a play, movie, or book |
| 39% | HERO | 4 | The main character or protagonist in a novel |
| 39% | ONKP | 4 | Making a mess in the army? |
| 39% | NICHE | 5 | Specific audience in the market, or a recess in a wall |
| 39% | REDSKY | 6 | Warning in the morning or delight at night, in a saying |
| 39% | FLAPPER | 7 | Fashionable woman in the 1920s, or part of a toilet valve |
| 39% | SCREW | 5 | Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head |
| 39% | BOUNDARY | 8 | Line in the sand or line on a map, for example |