| 100% | SSGT | 4 | Military rank of a drill instructor, often (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DONTTELL | 8 | Last half of a former US military policy involving gays: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MCHALESNAVY | 11 | 1962-1966 sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine as lieutenant commander of a military vessel: 2 wds. |
| 45% | HUP | 3 | Start of a drill instructor's count |
| 45% | SARGE | 5 | Nickname for a drill instructor, often |
| 44% | PINETREE | 8 | Shape of a car's green air freshener, often: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SGT | 3 | Drill instructor's rank, often: Abbr. |
| 42% | ISNOT | 5 | "This ___ a drill!": 2 wds |
| 41% | ATEASE | 6 | Drill instructor's command to relax: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SARGE | 5 | Shortened form of a military rank |
| 41% | ORELSE | 6 | End of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 41% | AGAL | 4 | Counterpart of a guy: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OLORD | 5 | Beginning of a prayer: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ATTHE | 5 | ___ drop of a hat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASA | 3 | Middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 41% | AUNTJEMIMA | 10 | Mascot of a brand of pancake syrup: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TYDBOLMAN | 9 | Mascot of a brand of toilet cleaner: 2 wds. |
| 41% | GERBERBABY | 10 | Mascot of a brand of infant food: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LAKEBED | 7 | Floor of a freshwater body of water: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IDO | 3 | Words said in front of a priest: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EASYPACE | 8 | Speed of a long distance runner, say: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OILOF | 5 | ___ Olay (former name of a skincare brand): 2 wds. |
| 41% | WEGO | 4 | "Off ___ on the adventure of a lifetime!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LINTTRAP | 8 | Part of a dryer that catches fuzz: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LOADUP | 6 | Pack, as the trunk of a car: 2 wds. |