| 100% | PERILOUS | 8 | Type of fight cited in the Star-Spangled Banner |
| 51% | GEOMETRIC | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 51% | CLASSICAL | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 49% | OER | 3 | Contraction before “the land of the free,” in “The Star-Spangled Banner” |
| 49% | OER | 3 | Contraction sung twice in the first verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 49% | OER | 3 | Start of the last line in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 49% | OER | 3 | Elided word in "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| 47% | STANZA | 6 | One of four in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 45% | OER | 3 | Word that saves a syllable in "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| 44% | JEDI | 4 | Type of knight in the "Star Wars" movies |
| 44% | SEE | 3 | Fifth word in the "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 44% | SONNET | 6 | Type of poem cited in "Easter Parade" |
| 44% | MMA | 3 | Type of fighting in UFC, for short |
| 42% | ROCKETSREDGLARE | 15 | Illumination in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 42% | OER | 3 | Contraction in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 42% | RAMPARTS | 8 | Barriers in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 42% | EDAM | 4 | Type of cheese originated in the Netherlands |
| 42% | EPEE | 4 | Type of sword used in the Olympics |
| 42% | CARDIAC | 7 | Type of muscle used in the heart |
| 42% | SARAN | 5 | Type of plastic wrap in the kitchen |
| 42% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem popular in the 19th century |
| 42% | ATOLL | 5 | Type of coral island in the South Pacific |
| 42% | ORCA | 4 | Type of whale featured in the documentary "Blackfish" |
| 42% | BOLO | 4 | Type of tie popular in the American West |
| 42% | GOGO | 4 | Type of dancer in the '60s |
| 42% | YAK | 3 | Type of cattle in the Himalayas |
| 42% | WHAMMYBAR | 9 | Hendrix famously used one in his Woodstock rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 41% | BRAVE | 5 | Final word in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 41% | BRAVE | 5 | Last word in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 41% | RAMPART | 7 | Fortification mentioned in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |