| 100% | JOHNBROWN | 9 | US abolitionist leader hanged in 1859 after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| 27% | SHENANDOAH | 10 | River formed in Virginia, US, that joins the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| 25% | JOHNBROWN | 9 | He led an abolitionist raid on Harpers Ferry, and his story is told in an upcoming 2020 Showtime miniseries: 2 wds. |
| 23% | NATTURNER | 9 | Leader of an 1831 slave rebellion |
| 22% | DULUTH | 6 | Port in Minnesota, US, at the west end of Lake Superior |
| 19% | NATTURNER | 9 | Slave rebellion leader of 1831 |
| 19% | DORR | 4 | U.S. rebellion leader of 1842 |
| 19% | NAT | 3 | Turner who led an 1831 rebellion of enslaved people |
| 19% | DORR | 4 | U.S. rebellion leader of 1841-42 |
| 19% | BOSS | 4 | Leader or in charge of an organization |
| 18% | 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 |
| 18% | ZIPCODE | 7 | US postal cipher at the end of an address |
| 17% | AUTO | 4 | Lead-in to straddle, in the name of an online magazine |
| 17% | VIRGINIA | 8 | US state where the slave rebellion in 15-/25-Across takes place |
| 17% | BODEGAHEAD | 10 | Peninsula in Sonoma County, California, US, west of Santa Rosa |
| 17% | MAGENTA | 7 | Purplish-red colour named after an 1859 battle in Italy |
| 17% | GPT | 3 | Letters after “Chat” in the name of an OpenAI product |
| 17% | PLOP | 4 | Sound of an unsuccessful attempt at stone skimming |
| 17% | BUFFALO | 7 | US port in New York State at the eastern end of Lake Erie |
| 17% | PANDARUS | 8 | Leader of the Lycians in Greek mythology who shot Menelaus with an arrow |
| 17% | BONO | 4 | Lead singer of Irish group U2; recipient of an honorary knighthood in 2007 |
| 17% | MINNEAPOLIS | 11 | Largest city in Minnesota, US, west of state capital Saint Paul |
| 17% | ERA | 3 | Slice of history that might be named after an important leader |
| 17% | BERNARDO | 8 | He's the leader of the Sharks in West Side Story |
| 17% | TWO | 3 | Number of graduates in the first class at West Point (1802) |
| 17% | SPARROW | 7 | High ___, religious leader who was an antagonist in "Game of Thrones" |
| 17% | OUTS | 4 | Baseball teams switch places after three of these in an inning |
| 17% | DIMES | 5 | Thinnest U.S. coins, at around 1/20th of an inch |