| 100% | DEFECTION | 9 | Crossing the Berlin Wall, e.g. |
| 55% | META | 4 | Breaking the fourth wall, e.g. |
| 53% | SIGN | 4 | Writing on the wall, e.g. |
| 53% | REDACTION | 9 | Building the Berlin Wall? |
| 51% | FENCE | 5 | The Berlin Wall started as one in 1961 |
| 51% | EAST | 4 | One side of the Berlin Wall |
| 50% | BERNAUER | 8 | The Berlin Wall was built along this German street |
| 50% | ULBRICHT | 8 | Walter __, leader responsible for the Berlin Wall |
| 49% | MAUERPARK | 9 | Public green space where the Berlin Wall stood |
| 49% | INSULATE | 8 | To put batts of fiberglass, e.g., in the walls |
| 49% | PUN | 3 | "Miró, Miró, on the wall," e.g. |
| 49% | MYTH | 4 | The Great Wall of China being visible from space, e.g. |
| 48% | LPS | 3 | "The Wall" and "Off the Wall," e.g. |
| 48% | CHARLIE | 7 | Checkpoint __, famous Berlin Wall crossing |
| 48% | CHARLIE | 7 | Former Berlin wall crossing point: Checkpoint __ |
| 46% | TEARDOWN | 8 | What Reagan challenged Gorbachev to do to the Berlin Wall: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NGO | 3 | The Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders, e.g. |
| 43% | METAS | 5 | Contest crosswords in the Wall Street Journal, e.g. |
| 42% | ROBOTS | 6 | WALL-E and EVE, e.g. |
| 42% | COATOFPAINT | 11 | Primer for a wall, e.g. |
| 41% | ROBOT | 5 | WALL-E, e.g. |
| 41% | BAG | 3 | E.g. the Birkin |
| 41% | STAR | 4 | E.g. the Sun |
| 41% | IDLE | 4 | Sit in the car at a railway crossing, e.g. |
| 41% | POLLOQUESTION | 13 | "Why did the chicken cross the road?," e.g., in Tijuana? |
| 41% | POLLOQUESTION | 13 | Why did the chicken cross the road?, e.g., in Tijuana? |
| 41% | BERNAUER | 8 | Street in Berlin famous for escapes over the Wall |
| 41% | PER | 3 | The "P" of E.P.S. ratio, on Wall Street |
| 41% | HEROES | 6 | David Bowie song about two lovers divided by the Berlin Wall that was used in a Microsoft commercial |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | E.g. the Victorian age |