| 100% | GLENCOE | 7 | Site in Scotland of a 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells and English troops |
| 39% | ALAMO | 5 | The —, mission in San Antonio, Texas; site of a siege and massacre in 1836 |
| 39% | EDGEHILL | 8 | Site in Warwickshire of a 1642 battle in the English Civil War |
| 39% | ALN | 3 | English river mentioned by Ptolemy and the site of a still-occupied castle dating from about 1096 |
| 35% | CRECY | 5 | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War |
| 34% | LALLANS | 7 | Literary version of the variety of English spoken and written in the Lowlands of Scotland |
| 34% | NASEBY | 6 | Village in Northamptonshire; site of a 1645 victory for Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War |
| 34% | SCONE | 5 | Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital |
| 33% | MONTECASSINO | 12 | Site of a Benedictine monastery in central Italy accidentally destroyed by the Allies in 1944 |
| 33% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Youth in Greek mythology abducted by Zeus and made a cupbearer of the gods |
| 33% | ELOBEID | 7 | City in central Sudan; scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 |
| 33% | DUNKIRK | 7 | English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 |
| 32% | POLTAVA | 7 | City in Ukraine on the Vorskla River; site of a 1709 battle between Russia and Sweden |
| 32% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Next number in a series suggested by the starts of 17-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 32% | OKA | 3 | Site of a 78 day, 1990 armed standoff in Quebec between the Mohawk First Nation and the Government of Quebec |
| 32% | PELOPS | 6 | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal |
| 32% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 31% | GREGHEFFLEY | 11 | Boy cartoonist portrayed by Zachary Gordon and Jason Drucker in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movies: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | A comically incompetent spy for "MI7," created as a parody of 50a, and portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in the films by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 31% | CANDIDA | 7 | Comedy play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894 that revolves around the lives of a clergyman and his wife |
| 31% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___ Music," hit released by The Beach Boys in 1976 which was a cover of a song by Chuck Berry |
| 31% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 |
| 31% | FERRARI | 7 | Sports car driven by Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman" and Nic Cage in "The Rock" |
| 30% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BASQUE | 6 | Member of a people living in the W Pyrenees in France and Spain |
| 30% | BASQUE | 6 | Member of a people living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain |
| 30% | OBI | 3 | Broad sash tied in a large bow at the back worn by Japanese women and children as part of the national costume |
| 30% | SOTHERN | 7 | Actress Ann who has two Hollywood Walk of Fame stars and was injured in 1974 by the falling of a fake tree! |
| 30% | IRVINE | 6 | Site of a U.C. in the O.C. |