| 100% | HUPTWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Sergeant's chant for a march |
| 51% | OLE | 3 | Chant for a scarf-sporting fan, perhaps |
| 51% | FIFED | 5 | Played for a marching band |
| 50% | NET | 3 | Keepsake for a March Madness champion |
| 45% | NCO | 3 | Military category for a sergeant or corporal (Abbr.) |
| 44% | SEDAN | 5 | Order for a "D, E, A, N, S" list? |
| 44% | GRAHAM | 6 | Kind of cracker needed for a proper s'more |
| 43% | ANDES | 5 | Another order for a "D, E, A, N, S" list? |
| 43% | IDES | 4 | March day for a historic coup |
| 42% | NOME | 4 | Ending place for a race that starts in March in Anchorage |
| 42% | SELMA | 5 | Starting city for a famous 1965 civil rights march to Montgomery |
| 42% | PONCHO | 6 | S. American top with a slit for the head |
| 41% | NCO | 3 | Corporal or a Sergeant, for e.g.: Abbr. |
| 41% | JASPER | 6 | Quartz aggregate that is a birthstone for March |
| 41% | USA | 3 | Chant for Megan Rapinoe's team |
| 41% | OUIJA | 5 | Board for a séance |
| 40% | ENCORE | 6 | What a crowd chanting “One more song!” hopes for |
| 40% | LETSGONATS | 10 | Chant for D.C.'s baseball club |
| 40% | LTS | 3 | Sergeant's superiors, for short |
| 40% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | . . . for a sports figure's humanitarianism |
| 40% | UNDERSEAOUIJA | 13 | Aid for a submarine séance? |
| 39% | ONETWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Start of a march chant … or a hint to 17-, 27-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 39% | AREA | 4 | For a rectangle, it's length x width |
| 39% | AREA | 4 | For a rectangle, it's length times width |
| 39% | SAW | 3 | Prop for a magician's trick |
| 39% | KNEE | 4 | Perch for a ventriloquist's dummy |
| 39% | PARKINGLOTT | 11 | Place for a senator's car? |
| 39% | BLUEBOOK | 8 | Place for a student's essay |
| 39% | NEST | 4 | Spot for a turtle's eggs |
| 39% | STREAMER | 8 | Decoration for a newlywed's car |