| 100% | TOJO | 4 | Hideki —, Japanese soldier and prime minister hanged as a war criminal in 1948 |
| 79% | TOJO | 4 | Hideki —, Japanese prime minister hanged as a war criminal in 1948 |
| 32% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 31% | SATO | 4 | Japanese prime minister who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1974 |
| 30% | ANZAC | 5 | In World War I, a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| 28% | DUNKIRK | 7 | 2017 war film starring 27-Down, Fionn Whitehead, and Harry Styles as British soldiers in WWII |
| 27% | MEIR | 4 | Prime minister born in Kiev and raised in Milwaukee |
| 27% | ORC | 3 | One of a race of creatures in works by J R R Tolkien used as soldiers by Sauron and Saruman |
| 27% | ABE | 3 | Longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history |
| 27% | MARATHONMAN | 11 | 1976 thriller featuring Laurence Olivier as a war criminal who worked as a dentist: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NAB | 3 | Catch, as a criminal in a sting operation |
| 26% | ABE | 3 | Japanese Prime Minister assassinated in 2022 |
| 26% | ACTON | 5 | John —, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 |
| 26% | ARABS | 5 | Side in a 1948 war |
| 25% | PIERRETRUDEAU | 13 | Canadian prime minister in 1968-1979 and 1980-1984: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROCKINGHAM | 10 | 2nd Marquis of —, prime minister from 1765-66 and in 1782 |
| 25% | ALCOTT | 6 | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| 25% | RUG | 3 | "As snug as a bug in a ___" (cozy and comfortable) |
| 25% | EVIDENCE | 8 | Objects studied as proof in a criminal case |
| 25% | TOKONOMA | 8 | Kakemono hanging spot in a Japanese living room |
| 25% | MACABRE | 7 | Gruesome and scary as in a ghostly tale |
| 25% | DINE | 4 | Enjoy a nice meal, as in "Wine and ___" |
| 25% | EMBED | 5 | Put in place, as a war correspondent |
| 24% | LEVITATE | 8 | Float and raise, as in a magician's trick |
| 24% | KOIZUMI | 7 | Junichiro, Japanese prime minister in 2001 |
| 24% | PARANG | 6 | Short straight-edged knife used as a weapon and tool in the Malay archipelago |
| 24% | ABE | 3 | Japanese prime minister Shinzo whose last term in office was 2012-2020 |
| 24% | SMOKY | 5 | Yorkshire terrier who served as a war dog in WWII |
| 24% | TEAMS | 5 | Sides in a sport, such as the Dodgers and Giants |
| 24% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |