| 100% | HADTHECODENAMECROSSWORD | 23 | Negotiations leading to the surrender of German troops in Italy _____ |
| 40% | REIMS | 5 | City where General Eisenhower received the surrender of the German Wehrmacht in May 1945 |
| 39% | PHONO | 5 | Lead-in to “graph,” in the early days of audio recording |
| 39% | APPLEGATE | 9 | Christina, one of the leads in Dead to Me |
| 36% | HESSIANS | 8 | German troops in British service in the 1770s |
| 35% | BERGAMO | 7 | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy to the northeast of Milan |
| 35% | DERMA | 5 | Lead-in to the names of some skin products |
| 35% | FA{TALE}RRORS | 13 | They may lead to the blue screen of death |
| 34% | LUFT | 4 | Lead-in to the largest German airline |
| 34% | COUP | 4 | Revolt leading to the overthrow of existing authority |
| 34% | ENDPLAY | 7 | Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead |
| 33% | SPANISHSTEPS | 12 | Stairway in Rome leading up to the church of the Santissima Trinita dei Monti |
| 33% | DEANSMITH | 9 | University of North Carolina basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CLONE | 5 | Trooper in the army of the Republic, in a film |
| 33% | ERE | 3 | In the time leading up to |
| 33% | BERGAMO | 7 | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy, to the north-east of Milan |
| 33% | PUGLIA | 6 | Region in Italy that includes the city of Faggia |
| 33% | DUMBARTON | 9 | __ Oaks, conference that led to founding of the UN |
| 33% | OLDER | 5 | Father compared to the son in terms of age |
| 32% | JOHNMILLS | 9 | Leading actor in Scott of the Antarctic |
| 32% | TIVOLI | 6 | Town in Lazio, Italy, to the east of Rome containing the remains of Hadrian's villa |
| 32% | ZWEI | 4 | The number of this clue, in German |
| 32% | AHEAD | 5 | In the lead, or in front of |
| 32% | AHEAD | 5 | In the lead or in front of |
| 32% | AUTO | 4 | Lead-in to straddle, in the name of an online magazine |
| 32% | REDSCARE | 8 | Panic that led to the blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten |
| 32% | ONEAL | 5 | Laker named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016 |
| 32% | SHAQ | 4 | Laker named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016 |
| 32% | BOSH | 4 | Chris elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 |