| 100% | REWILDING | 9 | Returning an area to its natural state, in conservation |
| 52% | RESTORE | 7 | Return an item to its original state |
| 41% | RAW | 3 | In its natural state |
| 38% | RAW | 3 | Vegetable in its natural state |
| 37% | RAW | 3 | Meat, in its natural state |
| 37% | SQUALOR | 7 | An awful state to live in |
| 36% | COMA | 4 | State it's not good to be in |
| 36% | CLUE | 4 | It leads to an answer in a crossword |
| 35% | FIST | 4 | It loses to an open hand in "Rock, Paper, Scissors" |
| 35% | UMAMI | 5 | It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990 |
| 35% | GATE | 4 | Area in an airport where you wait to board a plane |
| 35% | THELIMIT | 8 | Where to take it to, in an Eagles hit |
| 34% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud." (stop at an early stage) |
| 34% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud" (stop at an early stage) |
| 34% | THIOL | 5 | Compound added to natural gas to give it an odor |
| 34% | TENNESSEE | 9 | 36th state to ratify 53-Across, resulting in its passage |
| 34% | STARZ | 5 | Movie channel that used to have an "!" in its name |
| 34% | TWO | 3 | Number of people it takes to tango, in an expression |
| 34% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 33% | CRISIS | 6 | Instability in an area, leading to a drastic change |
| 33% | DURACELL | 8 | First battery brand to feature an indefatigable pink bunny in its ads |
| 33% | BROKEN | 6 | If not in this state, you don't need to fix it |
| 32% | IDTAG | 5 | Potential aid in returning a toy to its owner |
| 32% | LONG | 4 | ___ Island, island in New York State that lends its name to a popular cocktail |
| 31% | RINK | 4 | Area to skate in |
| 31% | FLOW | 4 | “The state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter,” per Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi |
| 31% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 31% | REDSKELTON | 10 | Comedian who got an Honorary Doctorate (said to be in "Foolology") from Ball State: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MOTH | 4 | "Like a ___ to a flame," phrase for someone attracted to danger with an insect in it |
| 31% | CCSECTION | 9 | Area below "To:" in an email? |