| 100% | MBE | 3 | Lowest-grade title in the British Order: abbr. |
| 50% | RESP | 4 | In the order given: Abbr. |
| 49% | MBE | 3 | Honorary title in the U.K.: Abbr. |
| 48% | CBES | 4 | Honorees in the Order of the British Empire (abbr.) |
| 48% | CPL | 3 | Person in the fourth grade: Abbr. |
| 47% | ENS | 3 | Lowest officer rank in the Navy: Abbr. |
| 47% | DUKE | 4 | Male in the British Isles holding the highest hereditary title of the nobility |
| 45% | OCTANE | 6 | Grade in the high 80s or low 90s? |
| 45% | PVT | 3 | Lowest-ranked soldier in the US Army: Abbr. |
| 45% | PFC | 3 | Low rank in the Marine Corps: Abbr. |
| 43% | OED | 3 | British reference that added the entry "super PAC" in 2012: Abbr. |
| 42% | BUGNER | 6 | Joe —, boxer who took the British, European, and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles from Henry Cooper in 1971 |
| 41% | EMIR | 4 | Title in the House of Saud |
| 41% | SHAH | 4 | Title in the etymology of "checkmate" |
| 41% | CAPT | 4 | Georg von Trapp's title in "The Sound of Music": Abbr. |
| 41% | PRIVATE | 7 | Soldier of the lowest rank in the British Army |
| 40% | HAY | 3 | Will —, British comedian who played the title role in 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter! |
| 40% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 40% | LASTPOST | 8 | Taps, in the British military |
| 40% | CONTINENTALARMY | 15 | Ants in the British colonies? |
| 40% | CORK | 4 | City in the British Isles |
| 40% | EMIR | 4 | Royal title in the UAE |
| 40% | BLUNT | 5 | Emily —, British actress who played the title role in 2018 family film Mary Poppins Returns |
| 40% | SEPOY | 5 | Native Indian in the British army |
| 40% | ASTOR | 5 | First woman in the British Parliament |
| 40% | BENNEVIS | 8 | Highest mountain in the British Isles |
| 40% | LABOUR | 6 | One side in the British Parliament |
| 39% | AGHA | 4 | Honorific title in the Ottoman Empire |
| 39% | EMIR | 4 | Royal title in the Arab World |
| 39% | EMIR | 4 | Common title in the Arab world |