| 100% | FORTKNOX | 8 | US military base synonymous with being impregnable |
| 41% | SPACE | 5 | United States ___ Force, smallest of the US military branches that is often confused with NASA |
| 37% | DESERTSTORM | 11 | 1991 military operation that was protested with the antiwar chant “Hey, hey, Uncle Sam, we remember Vietnam” |
| 37% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird that has become synonymous with being obsolete |
| 35% | GUAM | 4 | Pacific island with a U.S. military base |
| 34% | RAF | 3 | U.K. military branch with jets |
| 34% | SILT | 4 | Base of a river is filled with ___ |
| 34% | OWE | 3 | Nothing with us is unsettled |
| 33% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | LA area that's synonymous with the US movie business |
| 33% | ALLYOUR | 7 | __ base are belong to us, or AYBABTU |
| 33% | ALL | 3 | “___ your base are belong to us” |
| 33% | EMANUEL | 7 | Hebrew for "God is with us" |
| 33% | EMANUEL | 7 | Name meaning "God is with us" |
| 33% | HAMILTON | 8 | US founding father with musical based on his life |
| 33% | EISNER | 6 | Will __, US comics artist of A Contract with God |
| 32% | ACADEMY | 7 | West Point is a famous military US __ |
| 32% | EMMANUEL | 8 | Name that means "God is with us" |
| 32% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Words With Friends is based on it |
| 32% | UNCLE | 5 | With 6-Down, US icon whose initials are U.S. |
| 32% | GANT | 4 | Fashion company based in Stockholm with US roots |
| 32% | ORWE | 4 | “They always must be with us, ___ die”: “Endymion” |
| 32% | GUANTANAMO | 10 | Cuban city with a U.S. Navy base |
| 31% | ARMY | 4 | Military branch whose 82nd Airborne Division is based at Fort Bragg |
| 31% | RNA | 3 | Molecule with the bases G, U, A, and C |
| 31% | JURASSIC | 8 | Lego __ World is based on movie with same title |
| 31% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the 2016 hit "When We Were Young" |
| 31% | RICHIE | 6 | Lionel __; co-wrote We Are the World with MJ |
| 31% | KELLY | 5 | Clarkson with the 2004 hit "Since U Been Gone" |
| 31% | TAPS | 4 | Military bugle call that can be sung, starting with "Day is done" |
| 31% | BEL | 3 | With 39-Across, Peacock series based on a 1990s Will Smith show |