| 100% | SHADOW | 6 | ___ price, spooky-sounding "silhouette" term for a hypothetical value assigned to non-marketed goods in economics |
| 32% | INFLATION | 9 | Economic term for a decline in the value of money |
| 32% | INNIE | 5 | Term for a Lumon worker (as opposed to their non-work self) on "Severance" |
| 31% | ECONOMICAL | 10 | Priced to be a good value |
| 31% | BARD | 4 | Term for a person hired by a nobleman in medieval times to compose verses in his praise |
| 30% | ROYALTY | 7 | Regal sounding term for a payment to an author |
| 30% | HARD | 4 | ___ pass, term for a firm rejection that was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2021 |
| 30% | RAREFORM | 8 | Good state for a performer to be in |
| 30% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SKELETAL | 8 | ___ formula, spooky-sounding "bony" term for a simplified representation of a molecule in chemistry |
| 29% | GHOST | 5 | ___ variable, spooky-sounding "spirit" term for a placeholder or "dummy" variable used in programming formulas |
| 29% | GNP | 3 | Market value of all goods and services produced in a year: Abbr |
| 29% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 29% | BEAR | 4 | Term for an investor who expects a drop in prices, that you may overhear on Wall Street |
| 29% | BULL | 4 | Term for an investor who expects a rise in prices, that you may overhear on Wall Street |
| 29% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Sounder |
| 28% | SYNC | 4 | Good thing for a film's audio and video to be in |
| 28% | STALEMATE | 9 | Term for a draw in chess |
| 28% | NINE | 4 | Point value commonly assigned to a queen in chess |
| 28% | PHANTOM | 7 | ___ limb, spooky-sounding term for a sensation felt in a body part that has been amputated |
| 28% | EYE | 3 | Term for a hole in Swiss cheese |
| 28% | UNPERSON | 8 | Term for a censored dissident in "1984" |
| 28% | PECK | 4 | Gregory —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 28% | BADHAM | 6 | Mary —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 28% | REED | 4 | Donna —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for From Here to Eternity |
| 28% | SINATRA | 7 | Frank —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for From Here to Eternity |
| 28% | PAGE | 4 | Geraldine —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Trip to Bountiful |
| 28% | OLIVIA | 6 | & 7D Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for To Each His Own |