| 100% | AISNE | 5 | French river that was the site of three W.W. I battles |
| 72% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 61% | MARNE | 5 | River that was the site of battles in both world wars |
| 59% | QUEBEC | 6 | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| 52% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that was the site of a War of 1812 battle |
| 52% | YPRES | 5 | West Flanders site of three W.W. I battles |
| 51% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas mission that was the site of a historic battle |
| 50% | MARNE | 5 | Site of a W.W. I battle that saved Paris from capture |
| 48% | SOMME | 5 | W.W. I battle site at which the tank was introduced |
| 47% | YSER | 4 | Belgian river that was a W.W. I battle line |
| 46% | MOBILEBAY | 9 | 1864 battle site that was the source of the quote "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" |
| 45% | YSER | 4 | River that was the scene of WWI fighting |
| 45% | OUI | 3 | French word that is the opposite of 14-Across |
| 45% | NON | 3 | French word that is the opposite of 2-Down |
| 43% | OHIO | 4 | One of the three rivers that Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium is named for |
| 43% | SEIN | 4 | River that's the site of Javert's demise in "Les Misérables" |
| 43% | OAHU | 4 | Island that was the site of the Pearl Harbor attack |
| 43% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Hill in Athens that is the site of the Parthenon |
| 43% | RFK | 3 | Stadium that was the site of the 1969 All-Star Game |
| 43% | POTSDAM | 7 | City bordering Berlin that was the site of a 1945 conference |
| 43% | SURETE | 6 | French agency that was a predecessor of the FBI |
| 43% | LITTLEBIGHORN | 13 | Iconic site in Montana, that preserves the site of the battle that was fought here, commonly referred to as "Custer's Last Stand": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALTAMONT | 8 | Former California speedway that was the site of a 1969 rock concert |
| 42% | HENRI | 5 | French name that is an anagram of a German river |
| 41% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas mission that was the focus of an 1836 battle |
| 41% | ISAR | 4 | Munich's river that is a tributary of the Danube |
| 41% | MALTA | 5 | Nation that is the site of the Tarxien temple complex, built over 5000 years ago |
| 41% | SEDAN | 5 | Town on the River Meuse, site of a 1940 World War II battle that began the German invasion of France |
| 41% | SEC | 3 | Description of those French wines that are the equivalent of the German wines labeled as trocken |
| 41% | PALESTINE | 9 | East ___, Ohio town that was the site of a 2023 train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |