| 100% | CHARLES | 7 | With 33-Across, World War II veteran who played a soldier on a suicide mission in "The Dirty Dozen" |
| 50% | HENRYFONDA | 10 | World War II veteran who played a WWII brigadier general in "The Longest Day": 2 wds. |
| 47% | CLARKGABLE | 10 | World War II veteran who played a WWII submarine commander in "Run Silent, Run Deep": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EMILY | 5 | With 33-Across, "The Girl on the Train" actress who stars in "A Quiet Place Part II" |
| 42% | LEEMARVIN | 9 | “The Dirty Dozen” actor who earned a Purple Heart in the Second World War |
| 40% | PAUL | 4 | With 50-Across, "Ant-Man" actor who plays a murdered Hollywood actor on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 36% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, NE France on the Meuse River, site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 36% | SEDAN | 5 | Commune in Ardennes, northeast France, on the Meuse River; site of a 1940 World War II battle |
| 36% | ANZAC | 5 | In World War I, a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| 36% | MELISSA | 7 | With 33-Across, actress who plays Kara Danvers/Supergirl on The CW's "Supergirl" |
| 35% | JOJORABBIT | 10 | 2019 film in which Scarlett Johansson played Rosie, the mother of a boy in World War II Germany: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 35% | CURTSCHILLING | 13 | Red Sox pitcher who played in the 2004 World Series with a damaged ankle: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANGUS | 5 | With 33-Across, guitarist who played with his brother Malcolm on the AC/DC hit "Highway to Hell" |
| 34% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 34% | BUDDY | 5 | With 33-Across, actor who played Jed on "The Beverly Hillbillies" |
| 34% | POTSDAM | 7 | City in Germany on the Havel River that hosted a 1945 meeting of the principal Allies in World War II |
| 34% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 34% | DOZEN | 5 | "The Dirty ___," a famous 1967 film about 12 army convicts who are sent on a suicide mission |
| 34% | MARGOT | 6 | With 33-Across, "The Wolf of Wall Street" actress who played Harley Quinn in "Suicide Squad" |
| 34% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 34% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 34% | CLARKGABLE | 10 | "Gone With the Wind" star who flew combat missions for the US Army Air Forces during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BOOMER | 6 | A person born in the years following World War II |
| 34% | YAPHETKOTTO | 11 | "Homicide: Life on the Street" actor who plays a Foster Grant-wearing FBI agent in 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "The Devil Wears Prada" actress who plays a struggling actress on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JESSEWILLIAMS | 13 | "Grey's Anatomy" actor who plays a camera operator on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 50-Across, 1962 film where Peter O'Toole played a World War I soldier |
| 33% | GEORGEPATTON | 12 | World War II general who competed in modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 33% | KAMIKAZE | 8 | One of a group of Japanese aircraft pilots of the Special Attack Unit in the Second World War who performed suicidal missions |