| 100% | OUTRANK | 7 | Be superior to, as in the military |
| 86% | OUTRANK | 7 | Be superior to, in the military |
| 60% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 59% | REUP | 4 | Start another tour, as in the military |
| 58% | AWOL | 4 | Not to be found, in the military: Abbr. |
| 57% | MIA | 3 | Unaccounted for, as in the military: Abbr. |
| 57% | REUP | 4 | Enlist again, as in the military: Hyph. |
| 57% | REUP | 4 | Start another tour, as in the military: Hyph. |
| 56% | CUT | 3 | The "Lesedi La Rona" was sold as is in 2017 and was then destined to be ___ |
| 55% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 55% | EQUALS | 6 | Comes to, or is the same as, in math |
| 55% | SERVE | 5 | Be in the military |
| 54% | ENLISTS | 7 | Signs up to serve in the military |
| 54% | UPFOR | 5 | In the running to be |
| 54% | SNOB | 4 | One who believes is superior to the rest |
| 54% | UNIFORM | 7 | People in the military have to wear this |
| 54% | ALABAMA | 7 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 |
| 53% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Napoleon ___, one of the greatest conquerors of all time who is studied in military schools to this day |
| 53% | MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE | 17 | Popular action film franchise ... or what trying to find the item in this puzzle can be described as |
| 53% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 53% | BORNYESTERDAY | 13 | In the negative, unlikely to be fooled |
| 52% | RURAL | 5 | In the country, as opposed to the city |
| 52% | ONEA | 4 | Good to go, in the military |
| 52% | FOLLOWINGORDERS | 15 | Doing as told, in the military ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can literally have? |
| 51% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 51% | MOTHER | 6 | In the Bible, how Eve was related to Cain |
| 51% | KNIFED | 6 | __ in the back, is to be traitorously betrayed |
| 51% | COVET | 5 | Be jealous of, as in the Bible |
| 50% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Sarah was married to him in the Bible |
| 50% | BOOKSMART | 9 | Educated in the classroom as opposed to the street |