| 100% | NEMO | 4 | Captain who fought a giant squid |
| 49% | KRAKEN | 6 | Norse mythological sea monster who's a giant squid |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | Giant feature of a giant squid |
| 42% | AHAB | 4 | Captain who lost a leg to Moby Dick |
| 41% | SOLDIER | 7 | Person who fights in a war |
| 41% | BOXERS | 6 | Athletes who fight in a ring |
| 41% | BOXER | 5 | Gloved athlete who fights in a ring |
| 40% | AHAB | 4 | Captain who chases a white whale, in a classic novel |
| 39% | MERCENARY | 9 | Someone who fights in a private army for money |
| 39% | ENEMY | 5 | Who a battel may be fought against |
| 39% | AHAB | 4 | Fictional captain who hunts a white whale |
| 39% | KRAKEN | 6 | A mythical giant squid monster |
| 39% | NEMO | 4 | Captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 38% | EYE | 3 | A giant squid has the largest one on the planet, about the size of a human head |
| 38% | WAITER | 6 | Person who reports to a captain |
| 38% | ZELDA | 5 | Princess who fights to save Hyrule, in a Nintendo game series |
| 37% | GRIZZLYBEAR | 11 | Who Wants To Fight A ___? |
| 37% | GODZILLA | 8 | Movie monster from Tokyo who fights 15-Across in a 2021 film |
| 37% | GLADIATOR | 9 | A man who fought animals in the Colosseum |
| 36% | NEMO | 4 | Literary captain who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 36% | AETNA | 5 | An insurance giant who is named after a volcano |
| 36% | RODSTEWART | 10 | British knight who may have recently started a fight |
| 36% | MOM | 3 | Parent who might be called in a sibling fight |
| 36% | ELI | 3 | Manning who was a New York Giant |
| 36% | AHAB | 4 | Obsessed sea captain who appeared on the final season of "Once Upon a Time" |
| 35% | AHAB | 4 | Fictional captain who nails a doubloon to the mast of the Pequod |
| 35% | OFFICIALS | 9 | Ringside judges who score a fight |
| 35% | BYAS | 4 | D —, former Yorkshire CCC captain who joined Lancashire on a one-year contract in 2002 |
| 35% | KINGKONG | 8 | Movie monster from Skull Island who fights 52-Across in a 2021 film (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GOLIATH | 7 | The giant who met his end when David used a sling |