| 100% | ALLSOULS | 8 | College named for the dead of the 100 Years' War |
| 48% | MARCH | 5 | Month named for the Roman god of war |
| 48% | MARS | 4 | Planet named for the Roman god of war |
| 47% | ARCHIEMANNING | 13 | College Football Hall of Famer whose sons Peyton and Eli both won the NFL Man of the Year award named for 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | TUES | 4 | It's named for the Norse god of war: Abbr. |
| 45% | AUERBACH | 8 | For whom the NBA Coach of the Year award is named |
| 44% | COCCYX | 6 | Medical name for the tailbone of the spine |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 43% | TORRS | 5 | Pressure units named for the inventor of the barometer |
| 43% | TBONE | 5 | Cut named for the shape of the lumbar vertebra |
| 43% | OCEANIA | 7 | Collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean |
| 43% | MANILA | 6 | Type of folder named for the capital of the Philippines |
| 42% | MONDAY | 6 | 24-hour period named for the day of the moon |
| 42% | BELLPEPPER | 10 | North American name for the fruit of the capsicum plant |
| 42% | HOGLET | 6 | Name for the young of prickly garden mammal |
| 42% | KEENE | 5 | Carolyn ___ (pen name for the writers of the Nancy Drew mysteries) |
| 42% | PIVOT | 5 | Alternate name for the position of the team's tallest player |
| 42% | RIDINGS | 7 | The name for the division of Yorkshire into thirds |
| 42% | HURRICANE | 9 | The list of names for this type of meteorological feature will include Nana, Omar and Paulette this year |
| 42% | PAPYRUS | 7 | Material for the Book of the Dead |
| 42% | ORCA | 4 | Sea creature whose genus name comes from the Latin for “of the kingdom of the dead” |
| 42% | MARY | 4 | Most popular girl's name of the past 100 years, according to the Social Security Administration |
| 42% | JAMES | 5 | Most popular boy's name of the past 100 years, according to the Social Security Administration |
| 42% | EIRE | 4 | Former name for the Republic of Ireland |
| 42% | BURMA | 5 | Former name for the country of Myanmar |
| 42% | PHAROS | 6 | Another name for the Lighthouse of Alexandria |
| 42% | HANUKKAH | 8 | Jewish name for the Festival of Lights |
| 42% | FOLIAGE | 7 | Collective name for the leaves of plants |
| 42% | SOMNOLOGY | 9 | Proper name for the science of sleep |
| 42% | CAESAREA | 8 | Roman name for the island of Jersey |