| 100% | ACTIUM | 6 | Promontory in western Greece off of which Octavian defeated Mark Antony in a naval battle in 31 BC |
| 37% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in western Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 32% | ISSUS | 5 | Ancient town in Asia Minor; scene of a 333 BC battle at which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians |
| 30% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in W Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 30% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in west Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 28% | LEUCTRA | 7 | Village in Boeotia, Ancient Greece; scene of a battle fought in July, 371 BC |
| 28% | ACTIUM | 6 | Battle at which Octavian defeated Antony |
| 27% | OUTSMART | 8 | Defeat in a battle of wits |
| 26% | WATERLOO | 8 | Battle in which Napoleon suffered a major defeat |
| 24% | UMLAUT | 6 | Diacritical mark resembling a dieresis, both of which are represented in this puzzle |
| 24% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Sister of Augustus and fourth wife of Mark Antony who died in 11 BC |
| 23% | JENA | 4 | City in Thuringia, Germany; site of an 1806 battle at which Napoleon defeated the Prussians |
| 23% | OUTWIT | 6 | Defeat in a mental battle |
| 22% | SEIZEDSEAS | 10 | Result of a naval battle? |
| 22% | LAW | 3 | Betteridge’s ___ of headlines (“Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’ ”) |
| 22% | BINGO | 5 | Game in which the center square of a 5-by-5 grid is marked "Free" |
| 22% | FREDERICKSBURG | 14 | Battle in which Lee defeated Burnside |
| 22% | CHATTANOOGA | 11 | Battle in which Grant defeated Bragg |
| 22% | CHICKAMAUGA | 11 | Battle in which Bragg defeated Rosecrans |
| 22% | SECONDMANASSAS | 14 | Battle in which Lee defeated Pope |
| 22% | VANQUISH | 8 | Defeat in a battle, subdue, overcome |
| 22% | MATED | 5 | Defeated in a game of chess |
| 21% | ALEUT | 5 | Language of which Norwegian linguist Knut Bergsland produced a comprehensive dictionary in 1994 |
| 21% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | Player of Mark Antony in 1953's "Julius Caesar" |
| 21% | OED | 3 | Of which A-Ant was pub. in Jan. 1884 |
| 21% | ACTIUM | 6 | Naval battle where Antony & Cleopatra saw defeat |
| 21% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 |
| 21% | OUTSWAM | 7 | Defeated in the first part of a triathlon |
| 21% | ADMIRAL | 7 | Naval commander in chief of a large fleet |
| 21% | CANNAE | 6 | Battle of __, great victory for Hannibal in 216 BC |