| 100% | CID | 3 | Branch of the British Police force first set up in Nottingham in 1854 |
| 38% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 35% | SERGEANT | 8 | Rank in the British police force senior to a constable and junior to an inspector |
| 35% | HAIG | 4 | Douglas —, Field Marshal who became Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 |
| 34% | OFGAS | 5 | Regulatory agency set up in 1986 to oversee the British Gas Corporation |
| 34% | LADYNANCYASTOR | 14 | First woman to sit in the British House of Commons |
| 34% | STKITTS | 7 | Site of the first British colony in the Caribbean, 1624 |
| 33% | OFFER | 5 | Former government body set up in 1989 to supervise the activities of the electricity companies (inits) |
| 33% | PAT | 3 | ___ Tillman Foundation, non-profit organization set up in honor of the namesake former Arizona Cardinals safety |
| 33% | RUC | 3 | Police force that operated in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles" of the sixties (abbr.) |
| 32% | HAIG | 4 | Douglas —, Field Marshal; Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force from 1915-18 |
| 32% | BYRONIC | 7 | Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord |
| 32% | SOFIA | 5 | "___ the First" (Disney Junior show set in the kingdom of Enchancia) |
| 31% | ROYALNAVY | 9 | Sea-based branch of the British military |
| 31% | MARTINFREEMAN | 13 | Actor whose first big role was Tim Canterbury in the British version of "The Office" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PAPA | 4 | Nickname of the 1954 Nobel winner for literature, who first picked up the name in Pamplona, Spain |
| 30% | GOD | 3 | First word of the British national anthem |
| 30% | CAMP | 4 | Set up a tent in the woods |
| 30% | INTERPOL | 8 | International criminal police organisation set up in Vienna in 1923 |
| 30% | INTERPOL | 8 | International criminal police organization set up in Vienna in 1923 |
| 30% | STATICS | 7 | Branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium |
| 30% | WHO | 3 | Branch of the U.N. in 2020 news |
| 30% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 30% | SPACEFORCE | 10 | Branch of the U.S. military launched in 2019 |
| 29% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 29% | NAVY | 4 | Branch of the armed services featured in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 29% | ASTOR | 5 | Nancy ___, first female member of the British Parliament |
| 29% | ROTSA | 5 | Lady ___, first female member of the British Parliament |
| 29% | MALTA | 5 | Member of the British Commonwealth in the Mediterranean |