| 100% | STUPA | 5 | Dome-shaped Buddhist shrine such as the Phra Pathommachedi in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand |
| 30% | SWAMP | 5 | Wetland such as the Okefenokee in Florida |
| 29% | TYPO | 4 | Mistaek such as the one in this clue |
| 29% | ARTSHOW | 7 | Cultural display, such as the Armory in New York |
| 29% | CONIFERS | 8 | Trees such as the pine that hold seeds in cones |
| 28% | FRAT | 4 | Campus group such as the Deltas in "Animal House," for short |
| 28% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark placed over a vowel such as the o in French |
| 28% | PIP | 3 | Card symbol such as the one in the center of an ace |
| 28% | PAREIDOLIA | 10 | Phenomenon such as the tendency to see human forms in inanimate objects |
| 28% | ARIA | 4 | Song such as "Habanera" in the opera "Carmen" |
| 28% | LION | 4 | Carnivore such as Aslan in the "Narnia" stories |
| 28% | QUEBRACHO | 9 | South American tree such as the Red — whose wood is used in tanning |
| 27% | SHTETLS | 7 | Places such as Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 27% | AUNT | 4 | Family member such as Sally in the mnemonic PEMDAS |
| 27% | EWE | 3 | Female animal such as Maa in the movie "Babe" |
| 27% | EWES | 4 | Animals such as Shirley in Netflix's "Shaun the Sheep" |
| 27% | SETPIECE | 8 | Carefully planned movie scene such as the "Ride of the Valkyries" attack in "Apocalypse Now" |
| 27% | ARIA | 4 | Song such as "La donna è mobile" in the opera "Rigoletto" |
| 27% | CILIA | 5 | Hairlike projections on animal cells, such as in the human lung |
| 26% | IGLOO | 5 | Home in the shape of a dome |
| 26% | EPOCHS | 6 | Periods in time such as the Pleistocene |
| 26% | STUPA | 5 | Dome-shaped Buddhist shrine |
| 26% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |
| 26% | IGLOO | 5 | Arctic abode in the shape of a dome |
| 26% | RECYCLEDMATERIALS | 17 | Parts used over and over again, such as the letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | MACAW | 5 | Bird such as Thelma in the 2020 film "The One and Only Ivan" |
| 26% | ETONCROP | 8 | Very short hairstyle worn by women such as Josephine Baker in the 1920s |
| 26% | ROUGHDISPATCH | 13 | Message such as "Still looking for my golf ball in the tall grass"? |
| 25% | GRAVE | 5 | Accent over certain vowels such as over the first e in French name Lumiere |
| 25% | ERAS | 4 | Periods in classical music such as the Baroque |