| 100% | NEGAWATT | 8 | Measure of energy savings, as when the meter runs in reverse |
| 36% | BTU | 3 | Measure of energy formerly used in British |
| 36% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | BLED | 4 | Ran in the wash, as colors |
| 34% | STONES | 6 | Measures of weight in the uk |
| 34% | BLED | 4 | Ran in the wash, as fabric dyes |
| 33% | ELECTRICITY | 11 | Form of energy used to run appliances at home and can be produced in the ways described at 17a, 41a, 56a, and 47d |
| 33% | FEB | 3 | Month in 2021 when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the first woman Director-General of WTO (for short) |
| 33% | KPH | 3 | Measure of speed, in the metric system: Abbr. |
| 33% | ACTI | 4 | When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in "Hamilton" |
| 33% | SALINITY | 8 | Measure of salts in water, as in desert areas |
| 33% | PROOF | 5 | Measure of the volume of ethanol in a liquid |
| 33% | PRINTED | 7 | Ran, as in the papers |
| 32% | AOK | 3 | Phrase popularized by Lt. Col. Shorty Powers when he worked for NASA in the sixties as the "voice of Mercury Control" |
| 32% | BLEEDS | 6 | Runs, as colors in the wash |
| 32% | BLEEDS | 6 | Runs, as color in the wash |
| 32% | BLEED | 5 | Run, as colors in the wash |
| 32% | BLED | 4 | Ran, as colors in the wash |
| 32% | BLEED | 5 | Run, as dye in the laundry |
| 32% | CARAT | 5 | Measure of the weight of diamonds now standardized as 200 milligrams |
| 32% | ICKFACTOR | 9 | Measure of grossness avoided in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 32% | CLOCK | 5 | Measure, as the speed of a fastball |
| 32% | TITRATE | 7 | Measure the strength of, in a way |
| 32% | BLED | 4 | Ran, as bright colors in the laundry |
| 32% | DARTED | 6 | Ran out, as in front of traffic |
| 32% | TIMES | 5 | Measures the length of, in a way |
| 31% | VINCENTIO | 9 | The Duke of Vienna in Measure for Measure |
| 31% | RETIME | 6 | Measure again, as the length of a presentation |
| 31% | CHAKRA | 6 | Energy point of the body in Hindu meditation |
| 31% | NAY | 3 | The opposite of "Yea," as in a vote |