| 100% | ALODS | 5 | Parcels of privately owned land that were not subject to the approval of any feudal lord |
| 35% | HOBBIT | 6 | "The ___," book that is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" series |
| 34% | INBED | 5 | Words that can be added to the end of any fortune cookie, it's said |
| 33% | TENANTS | 7 | People who live on land and pay rent to the owner of that land. |
| 32% | AREA | 4 | ___ 51, said to be a government facility that is the subject of UFO conspiracy theories |
| 32% | DOMBEYANDSON | 12 | Novel by Charles Dickens that deals with the story of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at not having a son to take care of the business: 3 wds. |
| 32% | SHIRE | 5 | The ___, fertile land that's home to the Hobbits in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 32% | ELVISHLIVES | 11 | Claim that a language in "The Lord of the Rings" is not extinct? |
| 31% | MACAO | 5 | Asian territory that has its own National Olympic Committee but is not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games |
| 30% | ACE | 3 | Type of 11d in tennis that is not touched by the receiver |
| 30% | NEMO | 4 | Point ___, spot that is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility and the most difficult to reach from land |
| 30% | CDC | 3 | Org. that was the successor to the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas |
| 30% | HELLFIRE | 8 | Flames that are said to be the punishment of sinners |
| 30% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | State of having two sides that are not the same |
| 30% | NGOS | 4 | Public bodies that are not part of the government structure |
| 29% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 29% | ICBM | 4 | Long-range nuke that was the subject of the SALT treaty: Abbr. |
| 29% | WVA | 3 | American state that is the subject of the song "Country Roads": Abbr. |
| 29% | INFANTA | 7 | Formerly, a daughter of a king of Spain or Portugal who was not heir to the throne |
| 29% | NBA | 3 | League that was the subject of the docuseries “Shut Up and Dribble”: Abbr. |
| 29% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 film that is the subject of this puzzle |
| 29% | EMU | 3 | Bird that was the subject of an Australian war |
| 28% | FARMHOUSE | 9 | Type of home owned by those who tend the land |
| 28% | CIA | 3 | Grp. that was the subject of a recent WikiLeaks release |
| 28% | XIII | 4 | Apollo mission that was the subject of a 1995 film |
| 28% | WARSAW | 6 | City that is home to the Royal Castle of Poland |
| 28% | PIPINGHOT | 9 | Food that's been heated to the point of sizzling |
| 28% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 28% | BLINDNESS | 9 | The condition of not being able to see |
| 28% | MALARIA | 7 | Disease that was the subject of the second Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902) |