| 100% | MAJ | 3 | A rank in the army that also means "huge": Abbr. |
| 52% | CORPORAL | 8 | A rank in the army below sergeant |
| 46% | MAJORGENERAL | 12 | Rank in the British Army immediately senior to a brigadier |
| 44% | SGT | 3 | Drill instructor's rank, in the Army: abbr. |
| 44% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 43% | DEF | 3 | Meaning that's listed in a dictionary: Abbr. |
| 42% | MAJOR | 5 | Army rank ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 41% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 41% | COLONEL | 7 | Army rank below a brigadier in the British Army |
| 41% | COG | 3 | ___ in the machine, phrase associated with machines that means "small part of a large organization" |
| 41% | UFO | 3 | Item in the sky that could figure into a conspiracy theory: Abbr. |
| 41% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 40% | ATM | 3 | Device that lets you skip the lines in a bank: Abbr. |
| 40% | SERGEANTS | 9 | Officers of low rank in the army |
| 40% | IOTA | 4 | The 9th Greek letter, which is also a word that means a tiny bit |
| 40% | SOLDIER | 7 | A man in the army |
| 40% | UFO | 3 | Sighting in the sky that might turn out to be a weather balloon: Abbr. |
| 40% | TNT | 3 | Explosive compound that's also the name of a TV channel: Abbr. |
| 40% | NISI | 4 | Legal term meaning "not yet final" that's also the name of Halle Berry's character in "B.A.P.S" |
| 39% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 39% | CPL | 3 | Two-striper in the Army: Abbr. |
| 39% | ENS | 3 | Junior rank in the Navy: Abbr. |
| 39% | MIA | 3 | Unaccounted for, in the army: Abbr. |
| 39% | MRT | 3 | Resilience training in the army: Abbr. |
| 39% | AWOL | 4 | "Whereabouts unknown," in the army: Abbr. |
| 39% | AWOL | 4 | No-show in the army: Abbr. |
| 39% | SGT | 3 | Three-striper in the Army: Abbr. |
| 38% | STOMACH | 7 | Part of the body that's also a verb meaning "accept" |
| 38% | EAD | 3 | Abbr. used in citations that means "the same woman" |
| 38% | TON | 3 | Weight unit that also means a "hundred" |