| 100% | GNP | 3 | Market value of all goods and services produced in a year: Abbr |
| 62% | GDP | 3 | Value of goods and services produced in a country in a specific period (abbr) |
| 32% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |
| 32% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "All I Wanna Do" singer who won the Best New Artist and Record of the Year Grammys in 1995: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SMUGGLER | 8 | Someone who illegally takes goods in and out of a country |
| 31% | NLEAST | 6 | Div. that, in its first year of existence, produced a World Series champ |
| 31% | ICA | 3 | Arts museums in Boston, Philadelphia, and Richmond, all of the same name : Abbr. |
| 31% | OREO | 4 | "Biscuit" first produced in Chelsea, Manhattan in 1912 and sold at the price of 25 cents a pound |
| 31% | WKS | 3 | There are 52 in a year: Abbr. |
| 31% | FOSSE | 5 | Director Bob who won a Tony, Oscar and Emmy all in the same year |
| 31% | REDENVELOPE | 11 | Traditional Lunar New Year gift . . . and a feature of three answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | HRS | 3 | There are 8,760 of them in a year: Abbr. |
| 30% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 30% | CTE | 3 | A degenerative brain disease found primarily in athletes and was the focus of the 2015 film "Concussion": Abbr. |
| 30% | VMAS | 4 | Where Olivia Rodrigo won Best New Artist and Song of the Year in 2021, for short |
| 30% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 30% | MEATLOAF | 8 | Better known stage name of singer Michael Lee Aday who fell in Texas this year and broke his collarbone |
| 30% | PILL | 4 | Better known name of Tyrone Rivers, Atlanta rapper who released "Back Right" in 2018 after a 6 year hiatus |
| 30% | OCT | 3 | Name of a month in a year (abbr) |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Value of a jack in blackjack |
| 29% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 29% | VOICES | 6 | Sounds produced in a person's larynx and emitted |
| 29% | AMYWINEHOUSE | 12 | "Rehab" singer who won the Best New Artist and Record of the Year Grammys in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EYE | 3 | Watcher ... and homophone of a letter that appears exactly once in every clue and all but two answers |
| 29% | SALESMAN | 8 | "Death of a ___," first ever play to win a Tony Award for Best Production in four different years |
| 29% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 29% | MOTHRA | 6 | Giant moth-like creature featured in the "Godzilla" films as a good monster and protector of the Earth |
| 29% | LOCAL | 5 | Produced in and around a town, say |
| 29% | TEN | 3 | Value of a Q tile, in Scrabble |
| 29% | TEN | 3 | Value of a Z tile, in Scrabble |