| 100% | TEARDOWN | 8 | Remove, as the wall in Reagan's demand to Gorbachev |
| 41% | TEARDOWN | 8 | What Reagan challenged Gorbachev to do to the Berlin Wall: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HAHA | 4 | Wall or fence set in a ditch so as not to interrupt the landscape |
| 35% | REGULARS | 8 | Main actors in a continuing series, as opposed to the show's guest stars |
| 35% | FENCE | 5 | The Berlin Wall started as one in 1961 |
| 35% | RURAL | 5 | In the country, as opposed to the city |
| 35% | TEARDOWNTHISWALL | 16 | Reagan's challenge to Gorbachev |
| 34% | MELT | 4 | Give in to the sun, as snow |
| 34% | OUTRANK | 7 | Be superior to, as in the military |
| 34% | HEIR | 4 | Next in line, as to the throne |
| 34% | PAREIDOLIA | 10 | Phenomenon such as the tendency to see human forms in inanimate objects |
| 34% | OFFICIATE | 9 | To act as the person in charge of sporting events |
| 34% | QUIETQUITTING | 13 | Refusing to go above and beyond the demands of one’s job, in a late-capitalism coinage |
| 34% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | UNRUH | 5 | Jesse who lost the governor's race to Ronald Reagan in 1970 |
| 34% | BERGAMO | 7 | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy, to the north-east of Milan |
| 33% | CRENELED | 8 | Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall |
| 33% | BOOKSMART | 9 | Educated in the classroom as opposed to the street |
| 33% | EQUALS | 6 | Comes to, or is the same as, in math |
| 33% | SEAR | 4 | Cook so as to lock in the flavor, say |
| 33% | SERVE | 5 | Bring to the table, as food in a restaurant |
| 33% | WALUIGI | 7 | Purple-clad character who serves as a foil to Mario's brother in the "Super Mario Bros." series |
| 33% | ALONGSIDE | 9 | Next to a ship or the pier, as in docking |
| 33% | TBA | 3 | Up in the air, as what to air, for short |
| 33% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 33% | DOFF | 4 | Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Fictional amateur detective created as the female counterpart to the series in 13a: 2 wds. |
| 33% | GREAT | 5 | The Wall in China? |
| 32% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 32% | TOTO | 4 | Canine that Glinda refers to as Dodo in the musical “Wicked” |