| 100% | CASEMENT | 8 | Roger —, Irish nationalist hanged by the British for treason in 1916 |
| 33% | JAMESBOND | 9 | British spy played by 33-Across for the first time in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ESSEX | 5 | Connecticut town attacked by the British in the War of 1812 |
| 30% | CCR | 3 | Band loved by the Dude in The Big Lebowski, for short |
| 30% | ROE | 3 | Court case overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022, for short |
| 30% | OCONNELL | 8 | Daniel —, Irish nationalist leader known as The Liberator who died in 1847 |
| 30% | TATLER | 6 | The —, British literary and society journal begun by Richard Steele in 1709 |
| 29% | PADDYS | 6 | ___ Pub, Irish bar owned by The Gang in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" that serves as the setting for their shenanigans |
| 29% | CHRIST | 6 | His name is represented by the X in the clue for 117 Across |
| 29% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer who composed in Elvish for "The Lord Of The Rings" |
| 29% | SPITFIRE | 8 | British aircraft designed by Reginald Mitchell used in the Battle of Britain |
| 28% | TRAINING | 8 | Prepping for a swim gala by exercising in the pool |
| 28% | LONDON | 6 | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |
| 28% | HESSIAN | 7 | Mercenary for the British in the Revolutionary War |
| 28% | PAST | 4 | Living in the ___ (wistful for days gone by) |
| 28% | DARCY | 5 | Gordon —, retired Ireland and Leinster centre who represented the British & Irish Lions once in 2005 |
| 28% | DARCY | 5 | Gordon —, former Ireland and Leinster Rugby centre who represented the British & Irish Lions once in 2005 |
| 28% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island occupied by the activist group Indians of All Tribes for nineteen months, beginning in 1969 |
| 28% | ADELE | 5 | British singer who won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2012 for "21" |
| 28% | ESPY | 4 | Award won by Lance Armstrong in 2005 for the third straight year |
| 28% | BBALL | 5 | A casual name for the sport played by teams in 16a: Hyph. |
| 28% | GILL | 4 | Apt name for the fish voiced by Willem Dafoe in "Finding Nemo" |
| 28% | PARNELL | 7 | Charles Stewart —, 19th-century Irish nationalist who led the Irish Home Rule movement in the British Parliament |
| 27% | SOAK | 4 | Hang out in the tub for a while |
| 27% | ILOG | 4 | Municipality surrounded by the Hilabangan River and named after the Tagalog word for river in the Philippines |
| 27% | MONEY | 5 | "One for the ___" (first novel in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich) |
| 27% | NICAM | 5 | Digital system used in British television for the reception of stereo sound signals |
| 27% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 27% | MAUMAU | 6 | — Uprising, nationalist insurgency in Kenya during the 1950s that aimed to overthrow British rule |
| 27% | HALE | 4 | Schoolteacher caught by the British |