| 100% | APOP | 4 | Each ... as in the price of balloons? |
| 56% | PLY | 3 | Factor in the price of paper towels |
| 55% | ADMISSION | 9 | The price of getting in |
| 55% | DEADCAT | 7 | __ bounce, brief recovery in the price of stock |
| 54% | BIRDS | 5 | There are two, as the expression goes, in each of 16- and 55-Across |
| 53% | ONEPENNY | 8 | The price of the first stamp, issued in 1840 |
| 53% | SCAN | 4 | Check the price of, in a way |
| 53% | SCANS | 5 | Checks the price of, in a way |
| 52% | RETAGS | 6 | Changes the price of, as at the supermarket |
| 51% | CREMATE | 7 | Burn, as in the Hindu funeral rites of antyeshti |
| 50% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 50% | DEFLATION | 9 | Period of declining prices as seen in the 1930s |
| 50% | DISCOUNT | 8 | Reduction in the cost or price of |
| 49% | COVET | 5 | Desire, as in one of the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | AWARD | 5 | Each of the letters in EGOT |
| 48% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 48% | ODIE | 4 | In the Finnish version of “Garfield,” he’s known as Osku |
| 48% | BAKE | 4 | Cook in the oven, as a pan of brownies |
| 48% | GREATWALL | 9 | Longest built structure in the world as of 2021 |
| 48% | HUG | 3 | Each of the O's in XOXO |
| 48% | DEFENSE | 7 | The opposite of prosecution, as in court |
| 48% | EVEN | 4 | The opposite of odd, as in maths |
| 48% | IMPEDE | 6 | Get in the way of, as progress |
| 48% | IGUANA | 6 | In the Caribbean it's known as "the chicken of the trees" |
| 48% | SWAY | 4 | Move in the breeze, as a tree (anagram of "ways") |
| 47% | NAY | 3 | The opposite of "Yea," as in a vote |
| 47% | WIMPY | 5 | Meek, as in the title of a "Diary" series of kids' books |
| 47% | SAG | 3 | Dip in the middle, as the roof of an old shack |
| 47% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | BAM | 3 | The sound of an impact, as in comic books |