| 100% | STANDDOWN | 9 | Common order for soldiers to lower their weapons |
| 35% | MESSTENT | 8 | Place for soldiers to eat |
| 35% | ONORDERS | 8 | Way for soldiers to act |
| 35% | ATEASE | 6 | Command for soldiers to rest |
| 32% | GRENADES | 8 | See grand order for weapons |
| 32% | FALLIN | 6 | Order to soldiers |
| 32% | LAP | 3 | Common place for something to drop |
| 31% | STOPLOSS | 8 | Order for a broker to sell at a predetermined price |
| 31% | TRENCHES | 8 | Ditches dug by soldiers to prepare for battle |
| 30% | PANSIES | 7 | Common flowers popular for their "faces" |
| 30% | REG | 3 | Common coffee order, for short |
| 29% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the answers to the starred clues |
| 29% | PERTINENT | 9 | For every tent in order, to the point |
| 29% | MERCENARY | 9 | Soldier paid to fight for a foreign army |
| 29% | SCISSORS | 8 | Weapon used to kill in Dial M for Murder |
| 29% | KNELT | 5 | Got lower in order to propose, perhaps |
| 29% | RODEO | 5 | Event for cowboys to showcase their skills |
| 29% | BOWL | 4 | Alternative to "cup" for a soup order |
| 28% | KNELT | 5 | Lowered oneself to the ground in order to be knighted |
| 28% | MIMEO | 5 | Common name for the stencil duplicator, precursor to the photocopier |
| 28% | OBSIDIAN | 8 | Stone used by Mayans to enhance their weapons |
| 28% | ROYALTIES | 9 | Paid to authors for sales of their work |
| 28% | ANEMONES | 8 | Sea creatures named for their resemblance to flowers |
| 28% | ENT | 3 | Common initials for issues related to area above the shoulder: Abbr. |
| 28% | LODGE | 5 | Common word for a rustic retreat or to file a complaint? |
| 28% | USUAL | 5 | Common for America to take turn to the left |
| 28% | TEACH | 5 | ___ for America (organization that helps to staff low-income schools) |
| 28% | ALUMS | 5 | They might hold on to their caps, for short |
| 28% | BLOWHOLES | 9 | Places for whales to catch their breath (2001, 2003) |
| 28% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Something parents may try to limit for their kids |