| 100% | EXCHANGERATE | 12 | Number of euros to the dollar, e.g. |
| 53% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 51% | INDUCTION | 9 | Entry to the Hall of Fame, e.g. |
| 49% | EAST | 4 | From Eden to the land of Nod, e.g. |
| 46% | ASPURE | 6 | Having the same number of karats, e.g. |
| 45% | TEL | 3 | Abbr. to the left of a number |
| 45% | CLICHE | 6 | Running to the airport to stop the love of your life from leaving forever, e.g. |
| 45% | FLAW | 4 | Having a thermal exhaust port lead straight to the reactor of your Death Star, e.g. |
| 45% | EIGHTYEIGHT | 11 | Number of days it takes Mercury to orbit the sun |
| 45% | INSULATE | 8 | To put batts of fiberglass, e.g., in the walls |
| 45% | TRI | 3 | Hint to the number of ingredients in Triscuits |
| 44% | PLY | 3 | Reference to the number of layers in toilet paper |
| 44% | ELEVEN | 6 | Number of letters in the country home to Geneva |
| 44% | TWO | 3 | Number of consonants in the answer to this clue |
| 44% | XIII | 4 | Number of one of the Olympics canceled due to W.W. II |
| 44% | EIGHTY | 6 | Number of days it took Phileas Fogg to go around the world |
| 43% | PARADIGMSHIFT | 13 | Transition to a heliocentric model of the universe, e.g. |
| 43% | ODE | 3 | "To the Ship of State," by Horace, e.g. |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | EIGHT | 5 | Number of countries you'll have to find before finding the contest answer |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Number of times lightning struck Apollo 12 on its way to the moon |
| 43% | EXPANSION | 9 | Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g. |
| 43% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose official number of employees is unknown to the public |
| 43% | OVERTURE | 8 | The opening to a piece of music, e.g. The 1812 __ |
| 43% | DOLLARS | 7 | Number to the left of a decimal point, maybe |
| 42% | TWO | 3 | Impressive number of guesses to get the word in Wordle |
| 42% | STAT | 4 | Number of service aces, e.g. |
| 41% | STRIPES | 7 | Features of the pool balls numbered 9 to 15 |
| 41% | LOBAR | 5 | Pertaining to the lungs, e.g. |
| 41% | IDIOM | 5 | "Going to the dogs," e.g. |