| 100% | GUERRILLA | 9 | Fighter in an irregular war; Spanish origin |
| 43% | WAYWARDLY | 9 | In an irregular manner |
| 39% | FLUCTUATE | 9 | To rise and fall in an irregular manner |
| 39% | SIOUX | 5 | Fighter in the Ghost Dance War |
| 37% | BASIS | 5 | On an irregular ___ (once in a while) |
| 37% | BOERS | 5 | One side in an 1899-1902 war |
| 35% | GUAM | 4 | Spanish cession in the Spanish-American War |
| 35% | COMBATANT | 9 | An individual taking part in a war |
| 35% | CATALAN | 7 | An official language in Spanish province Catalonia |
| 35% | PESETA | 6 | A bronze monetary unit, seen in an old Spanish film |
| 35% | BOERS | 5 | One side in an 1899 war |
| 35% | AGUA | 4 | Contents of an ocean, in Spanish |
| 34% | LORCA | 5 | Poet killed in the Spanish Civil War |
| 34% | TOMATOES | 8 | Projectiles thrown in an annual festival in the Spanish town of Buñol |
| 34% | HELLNO | 6 | Phrase preceding “We won’t go!” in an anti-Vietnam War chant |
| 33% | KOREAN | 6 | War in Asia ended by an armistice in July 1953 |
| 33% | EBRO | 4 | Battle of the ___, in the Spanish Civil War |
| 33% | OVIEDO | 6 | Historic city badly damaged in the Spanish Civil War |
| 32% | SPAIN | 5 | America's foe in an 1898 war |
| 32% | BREA | 4 | Spanish word for "tar" in the name of an L.A. landmark |
| 32% | BUENOSARES | 10 | How Spanish fighters refer to the Greek god of war? |
| 32% | GUAM | 4 | Acquisition of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War |
| 32% | POE | 3 | ___ Dameron, fighter pilot for the Resistance in "Star Wars" films |
| 31% | WAC | 3 | One seen on an ''I'm in this war too!'' poster |
| 31% | MERRIMAC | 8 | Only American ship sunk by the Spanish in the Spanish-American War |
| 31% | LEO | 3 | Actress Melissa who won an Oscar for her performance in "The Fighter" |
| 31% | GUERNICA | 8 | Town destroyed in 1937 by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War |
| 31% | CARRIE | 6 | ___ Fisher, "Star Wars" actress who had an unexpected cameo in "Scream 3" |
| 30% | THEPARADE | 9 | 2019 novel by Dave Eggers set in an unnamed country rebuilding after a civil war (2 wds.) |
| 30% | USSR | 4 | Zangief's country of origin in the 1991 video game "Street Fighter II" |