| 100% | STONE | 5 | With 52-Across, commander at the First Battle of Bull Run |
| 55% | LEE | 3 | Winner at the Second Battle of Bull Run |
| 49% | JACKSON | 7 | Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' —, Confederate brigadier general associated with the First Battle of Bull Run of 1861 during the American Civil War |
| 42% | GORES | 5 | Injures at the running of the bulls, say |
| 42% | MANASSAS | 8 | City in Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| 42% | SANTA | 5 | With the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down, four California cities |
| 41% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 40% | JEBSTUART | 9 | Battle of Bull Run general |
| 40% | MANASSAS | 8 | Battle of Bull Run site |
| 40% | CHER | 4 | She had a #1 hit at the age of 52 with "Believe" |
| 39% | GEORGE | 6 | With 24 Across, loser of the first really serious pie fight? |
| 38% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 38% | DEAR | 4 | With 67-Across, one of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37- and 52-Across (can you find the other one?) |
| 37% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 36% | ROMMEL | 6 | German commander at the invasion of Normandy |
| 36% | OTT | 3 | First of the 49-Across to hit 500 home runs |
| 35% | MEASUREOFAMAN | 13 | 52-Across song with the lyric "Would he run through fire?": 4 wds. |
| 35% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 35% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 35% | ARLO | 4 | With 23-Across, singer of the song referenced at 6-Down |
| 35% | CONCORD | 7 | Battle of __ followed a first attack at Lexington |
| 35% | PISA | 4 | With 52-Down, home of the Leaning Tower |
| 34% | HUNS | 4 | Barbarians at the Battle of Chalons |
| 34% | NEY | 3 | Marshal at the Battle of Waterloo |
| 34% | WILLIAM | 7 | Leader at the Battle of Hastings |
| 34% | LEE | 3 | Loser at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| 34% | CAESAR | 6 | Leader at the Battle of Alesia |
| 34% | SPARTA | 6 | Belligerent at the battle of Thermopylae |
| 34% | OSCAR | 5 | With 70-Across, source of the quip at 21-, 39- and 58-Across |
| 34% | SOMME | 5 | Battle of the __, conflict of the First World War |