| 100% | WAACS | 5 | Some Second World War noncombatants, for short |
| 49% | WAACS | 5 | Some noncombatants, for short |
| 49% | STALINGRAD | 10 | Second World War battle regarded as a turning point for the Allied powers |
| 47% | MIAS | 4 | Some war casualties, for short |
| 47% | PMS | 3 | Some world leaders, for short |
| 46% | FDR | 3 | President during most of World War II, for short |
| 44% | FDR | 3 | President during the start of World War II, for short |
| 44% | FDR | 3 | US president during most of World War II, for short |
| 43% | STENS | 5 | Second World War weapons |
| 43% | EBOND | 5 | Second World War investment |
| 43% | YALTA | 5 | Second World War conference site |
| 43% | THEYWERE | 8 | Second World War drama, __ Expendable |
| 43% | STEN | 4 | Second World War submachine gun |
| 43% | LSTS | 4 | Second World War carriers: Abbr. |
| 42% | STEN | 4 | Second World War-era British gun |
| 41% | ELALAMEIN | 9 | Second World War battleground in 43-Across |
| 40% | ROSIE | 5 | Riveter of Second World War iconography |
| 40% | ROSIE | 5 | Riveter on Second World War posters |
| 40% | ETO | 3 | Gen. Eisenhower’s Second World War command |
| 40% | FDR | 3 | President during the Second World War: Abbr. |
| 40% | OKINAWA | 7 | Japanese island with Second World War history |
| 40% | ROSIE | 5 | Propaganda figure during the Second World War |
| 40% | NATO | 4 | Grp. formed after the Second World War |
| 39% | ENOLAGAY | 8 | Second World War bomber named after the pilot’s mother |
| 39% | CHURCHILL | 9 | UK Prime Minister during the Second World War |
| 39% | HIROHITO | 8 | Emperor of Japan during the Second World War |
| 39% | WHITEROSE | 9 | Anti-Nazi movement during the Second World War |
| 39% | ELALAMEIN | 9 | Major Second World War battle fought in Egypt |
| 39% | EBOAT | 5 | German naval vessel of the Second World War |
| 38% | DDT | 3 | Chemical used to control malaria in the Second World War |