| 100% | SYNTHESIS | 9 | The combination of ideas to form complete idea |
| 50% | WORKLOAD | 8 | The amount of tasks to be completed for one's job |
| 46% | HARMONY | 7 | Combination of musical notes pleasing to the ears |
| 46% | SIR | 3 | Polite form of address to the boss |
| 45% | CRONE | 5 | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 44% | OSAGE | 5 | River impounded to form the Lake of the Ozarks |
| 44% | BROTH | 5 | Liquid used to form the base of tortellini soup |
| 44% | ATLANTIS | 8 | Name of the last Space Shuttle to complete a mission |
| 44% | MARXIAN | 7 | To do with the ideas of Karl Marx |
| 44% | PUN | 3 | The lowest form of humor, according to some |
| 43% | ANOMIA | 6 | Form of aphasia involving the inability to name objects |
| 43% | ASK | 3 | To request information in the form of a question |
| 42% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
| 42% | KNEE | 4 | Body part touched to the ground in a modern form of protest |
| 42% | ASPIRIN | 7 | White crystalline compound used in the form of tablets to relieve pain |
| 42% | URE | 3 | River of North Yorkshire that flows to the Swale to form the Ouse |
| 42% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 42% | FRIDGE | 6 | Shortened form of the appliance used to store food |
| 42% | WOOGIE | 6 | Boogie __, form of swing dance related to the blues |
| 41% | WORKCATION | 10 | Term popularized during the pandemic to mean a combination of holidays and remote jobs |
| 41% | OPEC | 4 | Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 41% | OPEC | 4 | Organization formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 41% | OPEC | 4 | Organisation formed in 1960 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum |
| 41% | IMITATION | 9 | It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery |
| 41% | WIT | 3 | Sarcasm is said to be the lowest form of it |
| 41% | WOOGIE | 6 | Boogie __, form of swing dance from the 40s to 50s |
| 41% | AMORE | 5 | "We the people of the United States, in order to form ___ perfect union ...": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 40% | CROSS | 5 | Out of sorts ... or what completes the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 40% | IVE | 3 | Suffix used to make the adjectival form of "act" or "pass" |