| 100% | WAAC | 4 | Mil. unit headed by Oveta Culp Hobby in 1942 |
| 32% | PLATOONS | 8 | Small army units headed by lieutenants |
| 31% | HEW | 3 | Dept. created on April 11, 1953 (until 1979) under the leadership of Oveta Culp Hobby who commanded the Women's Army Corps in WWII (abbr.) |
| 29% | CIA | 3 | Org. headed by George Bush in 1976 |
| 29% | ATATIME | 7 | Unit by unit, in succession |
| 29% | ATATIME | 7 | Unit by unit in succession |
| 29% | ENL | 3 | In the mil. by choice |
| 28% | NEA | 3 | Org. headed by Jane Alexander in the 1990s |
| 28% | UGO | 3 | ___ Girl (Republic headed by Oprah in an "Onion" article) |
| 28% | TESS | 4 | Head angel in "Touched by an Angel" |
| 28% | ONCE | 4 | "____ in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads |
| 27% | WAC | 3 | Mil. group integrated with male units in 1978 |
| 27% | ADM | 3 | Mil. rank established by Cong. in 1862 |
| 26% | WAAC | 4 | Mil. group founded in 1942 |
| 26% | CALORIES | 8 | These energy units in food are counted by dieters |
| 25% | AUSTRAL | 7 | Standard monetary unit of Argentina replaced by the peso in 1992 |
| 24% | GOOSE | 5 | Chaser chosen by a head tap, in a kid's game |
| 23% | IDEA | 4 | It's represented in cartoons by a light bulb over someone's head |
| 23% | ITT | 3 | US co., headed by Sosthenes and Hernand Behn, that became the sole telephone provider in Spain in 1924 (abbr.) |
| 22% | DEUTSCHMARK | 11 | English name for the standard monetary unit of Germany replaced by the Euro in 2002 |
| 22% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 22% | REGT | 4 | Mil. unit |
| 22% | RGT | 3 | Mil. unit |
| 22% | DIV | 3 | Mil. unit |
| 22% | ORAN | 4 | Port captured by Allied forces in 1942 |
| 21% | DAWN | 4 | "An Army at ___: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943," Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Rick Atkinson |
| 21% | SAC | 3 | Org. headed by LeMay |
| 21% | ORAN | 4 | North African city captured by the Allies in 1942 |
| 21% | CONTINENTALARMY | 15 | Colonial force headed by Washington |
| 21% | THECIA | 6 | Org. headed by Mike Pompeo |