| 100% | MARNE | 5 | Site of fighting in 1914 and 1918 |
| 56% | MARNE | 5 | Battle site of 1914 and 1918 |
| 56% | THEMARNE | 8 | Battle site of 1914 and 1918 |
| 47% | YPRES | 5 | Battle site of 1914, 1915 and 1917 |
| 45% | SANANDREASFAULT | 15 | Site of slippage ... both geographically and in this puzzle |
| 45% | MSG | 3 | Site of the Democratic National Convention in 1976, 1980, and 1992 (abbr.) |
| 43% | MARNE | 5 | River in NE France; scene of two unsuccessful German offensives in 1914 and 1918 |
| 43% | LASCAUX | 7 | Site of a complex of caves in Dordogne, France, containing Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings |
| 42% | FRONTLINE | 9 | Site of fighting |
| 42% | ARENAS | 6 | Sites of fights |
| 40% | CENTERCOURT | 11 | Site of a tennis focus match ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 30- and 45-Across? |
| 40% | OKA | 3 | Site of a 78 day, 1990 armed standoff in Quebec between the Mohawk First Nation and the Government of Quebec |
| 39% | GLENCOE | 7 | Site in Scotland of a 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds by the Campbells and English troops |
| 39% | SCONE | 5 | Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital |
| 39% | SINAI | 5 | Site of 1967 fighting |
| 39% | OKINAWA | 7 | Site of 1945 fighting |
| 39% | ABUSIMBEL | 9 | Archaeological site in southern Egypt; former home of two temples commemorating Rameses II and Nefertari |
| 38% | VERDUN | 6 | City in Meuse, France; site of battles in 1792 and 1916 |
| 38% | MMA | 3 | Type of fighting in UFC, for short |
| 38% | WWI | 3 | Major conflict between 1914 and 1918: Abbr. |
| 38% | STLO | 4 | Site of July 1944 fighting |
| 38% | ARENA | 5 | Site of games and concerts |
| 38% | IONIA | 5 | Site of Ephesus and Colophon |
| 38% | EUR | 3 | Site of Belg. and Bulg. |
| 38% | RETINA | 6 | Site of rods and cones |
| 38% | NEST | 4 | Site of twigs and eggs |
| 38% | SNAKEPIT | 8 | Site of disarray and treachery |
| 38% | ASIA | 4 | Site of Bhutan and Bangladesh |
| 38% | SODOM | 5 | Site of iniquity in antiquity |
| 38% | DORMS | 5 | Sites of some pillow fights |