| 100% | WARRIORS | 8 | Fearless and knowledgeable fighters |
| 47% | BOLD | 4 | Fearless and daring |
| 47% | AUDACIOUS | 9 | Fearless and daring |
| 43% | BUFFS | 5 | Ardent and knowledgeable fans |
| 43% | WARRIORS | 8 | Fearless fighters |
| 42% | WISE | 4 | Knowledgeable and sensible |
| 41% | MINUTEMEN | 9 | Lexington and Concord fighters |
| 41% | SUPERGROUPS | 11 | Cream and foo fighters |
| 40% | WISE | 4 | Knowledgeable and filled with wisdom |
| 40% | ALI | 3 | Fighter of Frazier and Foreman |
| 40% | WARPLANES | 9 | Bombers and fighters |
| 38% | WEIR | 4 | Peter —, director of films Fearless and The Truman Show |
| 37% | WEIR | 4 | Peter —, director of the films Fearless and The Truman Show |
| 37% | DAUNTLESS | 9 | Brave and nearly fearless Divergent faction |
| 36% | GROHL | 5 | Dave of the Foo Fighters and Nirvana |
| 35% | FOO | 3 | ___ Fighters (2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees) |
| 35% | WILDCHILD | 9 | Nickname for a free spirit; young and fearless |
| 35% | CAPP | 4 | Al who created Earthquake McGoon and Fearless Fosdick |
| 33% | MCGREGOR | 8 | Conor who is an Irish MMA fighter and boxer |
| 33% | SEGA | 4 | Game company with the Virtua Fighter and Yakuza franchises |
| 33% | MRS | 3 | ConAgra's ___ Butterworth, who's knowledgeable in syrups and pancakes |
| 32% | SABIN | 5 | Noted virologist and polio fighter Albert |
| 31% | SEESA | 5 | "He ___ fighter in her and that gives him hope.": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALIS | 4 | Father-and-daughter fighters |
| 30% | STEPFOUR | 8 | "Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves," in Alcoholics Anonymous |
| 30% | BRINGEMON | 9 | Fighter's dare … or a hint to answering 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 29% | BOWE | 4 | Riddick —, US fighter who became WBA, WBC and IBF Heavyweight champion in 1992 |
| 28% | MUSIC | 5 | "The Storyteller: Tales of Life and ___" (memoir by Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl) |
| 28% | DAVEGROHL | 9 | Drummer for Nirvana and Foo Fighters lead singer |
| 27% | WARRIOR | 7 | 2011 sports film starring 27-Down and Joel Edgerton as brothers who are MMA fighters |