| 100% | SPACEFORCE | 10 | Branch of the U.S. military launched in 2019 |
| 64% | ARMY | 4 | Largest branch of the U.S. military |
| 57% | WHO | 3 | Branch of the U.N. in 2020 news |
| 57% | ARMY | 4 | Largest branch of the US military |
| 52% | RAF | 3 | Flying military branch of the U.K.: Abbr. |
| 52% | WESTPOINTNY | 11 | Home of the U.S. Military Academy |
| 50% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |
| 50% | SPACE | 5 | United States ___ Force, smallest of the US military branches that is often confused with NASA |
| 49% | RAF | 3 | Part of the U.K.'s military |
| 49% | GUAM | 4 | Acquisition of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War |
| 49% | TRENTON | 7 | Capital of the U.S. for 54 days in 1784 |
| 48% | USSR | 4 | One 29-Across of the U.S. in W.W. II |
| 48% | NYC | 3 | Capital of the U.S. from 1785 to 1790, in brief |
| 48% | NAVY | 4 | SEAL's branch of the military |
| 48% | ARMY | 4 | GI's branch of the military |
| 47% | CONGRESS | 8 | Legislative branch of the US government |
| 47% | RAF | 3 | Mil. branch of the U.K. |
| 47% | ARMY | 4 | Branch of the military |
| 47% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 47% | COEQUAL | 7 | Like the three branches of the U.S. government |
| 46% | USAF | 4 | Branch of the military (abbr.) |
| 46% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 46% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 45% | OKINAWA | 7 | Major U.S. military base of operations in Asia |
| 45% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 45% | AWOL | 4 | Missing, in the U.S. military |
| 45% | NAVY | 4 | Seagoing branch of the military |
| 45% | NAVY | 4 | Maritime branch of the military |
| 45% | CHURCHROCK | 10 | Site of the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history |
| 45% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |