| 100% | STINT | 5 | Period of service, as in the Army |
| 64% | DEFLATION | 9 | Period of declining prices as seen in the 1930s |
| 57% | MIA | 3 | Unaccounted for, as in the army: Abbr. |
| 57% | CLINT | 5 | ___ Eastwood, "Gran Torino" actor who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army |
| 57% | HENAO | 5 | Zulay ___, "Boy Wonder" actress who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army |
| 57% | ELVIS | 5 | ___ Presley, "Love Me Tender" actor who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army |
| 56% | REGENCY | 7 | Period in England from 1811-20 during which the Prince of Wales acted as regent |
| 55% | ALDA | 4 | Alan ___, "M*A*S*H" actor who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army Reserve |
| 54% | SERGEANTS | 9 | Officers of low rank in the army |
| 54% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 54% | APOP | 4 | Each ... as in the price of balloons? |
| 54% | LEAPYEAR | 8 | Period of 366 days in the Gregorian calendar |
| 54% | DUSTBOWL | 8 | Period of black blizzards in the Great Plains |
| 53% | PANTOMIME | 9 | Performance without words, as in the game of charades |
| 53% | CREMATE | 7 | Burn, as in the Hindu funeral rites of antyeshti |
| 52% | CLONE | 5 | Trooper in the army of the Republic, in a film |
| 52% | PHASE | 5 | Period of time such as the "terrible twos" |
| 52% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 51% | OHENRYTWIST | 11 | Surprise ending, as in "The Gift of the Magi" |
| 51% | CONTEMPORANEOUS | 15 | Occurring in the same period of time |
| 51% | IMPEDE | 6 | Get in the way of, as progress |
| 51% | WIMPY | 5 | Meek, as in the title of a "Diary" series of kids' books |
| 50% | COVET | 5 | Desire, as in one of the Ten Commandments |
| 50% | PLUS | 4 | Symbol in the names of many streaming services |
| 50% | JURASSIC | 8 | Period in the Age of Dinosaurs |
| 50% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 50% | ODIE | 4 | In the Finnish version of “Garfield,” he’s known as Osku |
| 50% | RACEME | 6 | Simple inflorescence, as in a lily of the valley |
| 50% | BAKE | 4 | Cook in the oven, as a pan of brownies |
| 50% | GREATWALL | 9 | Longest built structure in the world as of 2021 |