| 100% | PEST | 4 | Creature to attack with an insecticide |
| 47% | HIROSHIMA | 9 | First city to be attacked with an atomic bomb |
| 47% | BOMBARD | 7 | To attack with explosives, repeatedly |
| 44% | SIC | 3 | Urge to attack, with "on" |
| 44% | SIC | 3 | Order to attack, with "on" |
| 44% | SICS | 4 | Urges to attack, with "on" |
| 44% | SICS | 4 | Incites to attack, with "on" |
| 44% | SICS | 4 | Orders to attack, with ''on'' |
| 44% | SICCED | 6 | Urged to attack, with "on" |
| 44% | SICCED | 6 | Urged to attack, with ''on'' |
| 44% | SICCED | 6 | Ordered to attack, with on |
| 44% | HARDILY | 7 | With an ability to endure |
| 43% | INVADES | 7 | Enters a place uninvited, attacks with an army |
| 42% | LOOKINGFORWARD | 14 | With an eye on things to come |
| 41% | DENTIST | 7 | One with an opening to fill? |
| 41% | ARTHROPOD | 9 | Creature with an exoskeleton |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Boxer with an allegiance to 16-Across |
| 40% | SNOB | 4 | One with an upturned nose, so to speak |
| 40% | BOMBARD | 7 | Attack an enemy with artillery fire |
| 40% | HEXAPOD | 7 | Six-legged creature, to an entomologist |
| 40% | INTHEBLINKOFANI | 15 | With surprising speed, to an egotist? |
| 40% | EDGE | 4 | To have an advantage, with "over" |
| 40% | RETALIATE | 9 | Respond to an attack |
| 40% | RETALIATE | 9 | React to an attack |
| 40% | COUNTERS | 8 | Responds to an attack |
| 39% | LURK | 4 | Move silently with an intention to ambush or dodge |
| 39% | ASSIEGE | 7 | Old term for surrounding with an army to takeover |
| 39% | OGRE | 4 | Creature with onionlike layers, according to Shrek |
| 39% | LEGAL | 5 | With 4-Down, payment to an attorney |
| 39% | SLAPSAT | 7 | Tries to swat with an open hand |