| 100% | TECUMSEH | 8 | Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812 |
| 29% | NATHANHALE | 10 | Revolutionary War spy who was captured and killed by the British at the age of twenty-one |
| 28% | ENG | 3 | Side in the War of 1812: Abbr. |
| 27% | PONTIAC | 7 | Ottawa leader who fought British advances in the Great Lakes area during the 1700s and whose name was a car brand |
| 27% | GAR | 3 | Fraternal org. for US Civil War vets founded in 1866 and dissolved with the death of its last member in 1956 |
| 26% | NAOMI | 5 | With 35d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles who defeated Serena Williams in September 2018 |
| 26% | FALSTAFF | 8 | Sir John —, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 |
| 26% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall of Fame Red Sox legend who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 26% | CASSIUS | 7 | Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 25% | CLARA | 5 | Schumann who was on the conservative side in the War of the Romantics |
| 25% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Island in the Pacific also known as Iwo To; scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in World War II |
| 25% | REDCOATS | 8 | British soldiers in the US War of Independence |
| 25% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 25% | ESSEX | 5 | Connecticut town attacked by the British in the War of 1812 |
| 24% | PIERRE | 6 | War and Peace character who sees the Great Comet of 1812 |
| 24% | TECUMSEH | 8 | American leader of the Shawnee people who died in 1813 |
| 24% | XXXXXXXXXXXX | 12 | Moves in the shape of A's, O's and U's at a disco? |
| 24% | PANDARUS | 8 | Leader of the Lycians in Greek mythology who shot Menelaus with an arrow |
| 24% | ROBERTMITCHUM | 13 | "The Winds of War" actor who starred with John Wayne in "El Dorado" and in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 24% | USA | 3 | Participant in the War of 1812: Abbr. |
| 24% | TYLER | 5 | John ___, 10th U.S. president who also served as the vice president under William Henry Harrison |
| 24% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 24% | CANADA | 6 | It was invaded in the War of 1812 |
| 24% | USSCONSTITUTION | 15 | She performed admirably in the War of 1812 |
| 24% | ERIE | 4 | 1813 battle site in the War of 1812 |
| 24% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Creature who might disagree with the saying at the ends of 17-, 22-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 23% | NAOMI | 5 | With 42-Across, Japanese tennis player who defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open |
| 23% | HORATIONELSON | 13 | British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar: 2 wds. |
| 23% | TIGER | 5 | With 31-Across, golfer who won both the Masters and the US Open in 2002 |