| 100% | MARATHON | 8 | Battle that ended first Persian invasion of Greece |
| 40% | MACARONI | 8 | Word that ends the first verse of “Yankee Doodle” |
| 32% | ANWAR | 5 | First name of a Peace Nobelist that ends ironically |
| 31% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Song that ends "Full of heavenly joy!" |
| 31% | STALEMATE | 9 | Deadlock that ends a game of chess |
| 30% | ATHENS | 6 | End of the first multination marathon |
| 30% | ATHENS | 6 | Ending point of the first marathon |
| 30% | BELLYFLOP | 9 | A dive into water that ends up stomach first |
| 30% | ULALUME | 7 | Poem that ends "This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir" |
| 30% | SEA | 3 | Word that ends some versions of "America the Beautiful" |
| 30% | IMSOTIRED | 9 | Beatles song that ends with a color (sort of) |
| 30% | ESE | 3 | Suffix that ends the names of many national languages |
| 30% | DARIUS | 6 | First King of Persia to invade Greece |
| 30% | BARDIA | 6 | Battle of __; first WWII Western Desert operation |
| 29% | TOPEKA | 6 | Capital that ends with its state's first two letters |
| 29% | INVICTUS | 8 | Poem that ends "I am the captain of my soul" |
| 29% | CONCORD | 7 | Battle of __ followed a first attack at Lexington |
| 29% | BIEN | 4 | First Indochina War's Battle of Dien ___ Phu |
| 29% | BULLRUN | 7 | First major battle of the American Civil War |
| 29% | BOSSFIGHT | 9 | Battle at the end of a level, often |
| 29% | QUOD | 4 | First third of the end of a proof |
| 29% | LET | 3 | First word of Beatles' song ending It Be |
| 29% | NUTCRACKERSUITE | 15 | With "The," Tchaikovsky work that ends with "Waltz of the Flowers" |
| 29% | MINE | 4 | First word of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
| 29% | SOMME | 5 | Battle of the __, conflict of the First World War |
| 29% | SCHELDT | 7 | Battle of ___: WWII military operations by Canadian First Army |
| 29% | LOUDON | 6 | Battle of __ Hill; first win for Robert the Bruce |
| 29% | AMENDMENT | 9 | First ___ (part of the Constitution that protects free speech) |
| 29% | ROALD | 5 | First name of the author that Patricia Neal married |
| 29% | TAD | 3 | End of the first decade in the Christian calendar |