| 100% | FERTILIZE | 9 | To make soil or land rich and ready for growing crops by adding the right substances to it |
| 27% | DAMASK | 6 | — rose, plant cultivated for its pink or red flowers used to make the perfume attar |
| 26% | LAMP | 4 | Magic ___, make a wish by rubbing this for a genie to appear and make it come true |
| 25% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 25% | CULTIVATE | 9 | To work the land to grow crops |
| 25% | ALFALFA | 7 | Crop grown to make hay and feed cattle |
| 25% | SLICE | 5 | "Take a ___ of lime or lemon and add it to your drink. You can also keep one aside for garnishing!" |
| 25% | ABSENCE | 7 | It's said to make the heart grow fonder |
| 25% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
| 25% | TIME | 4 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle |
| 25% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 24% | LUTE | 4 | It becomes a different instrument by adding "f" to the front |
| 24% | CLEARTHEAIR | 11 | Talk things out . . . or what to do to make sense of the clues for 17-, 27-, and 44-Across |
| 24% | TAKINITBACK | 11 | 2022 studio album by 29-Across that features the hit singles "Bad for Me" and "Don't I Make It Look Easy" (3 wds.) |
| 24% | NATURALLAW | 10 | Basis for the rights to life and liberty, to John Locke |
| 24% | USA | 3 | The land that was made for you and me |
| 23% | EDEN | 4 | It contained "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 23% | EPICYCLE | 8 | Unmotivated complication added to a scientific model to make it fit the data |
| 23% | SUITSUP | 7 | Gets ready for the big game ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 23% | DROPIN | 6 | Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 23% | CUP | 3 | Combine the chemical symbols for Copper and Phosphorus to make a trophy shape |
| 23% | ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | 15 | Principles for good prose in a classic writing guide by Strunk & White … or a hint to the wardrobe assembled at 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 23% | FOAM | 4 | Memory ___, substance used to make mattresses and pillows that was originally developed by NASA |
| 23% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 23% | PREP | 4 | To get ready or lay the groundwork for something, for short. Abbr |
| 23% | CHICKS | 6 | The ___, country music group that won a Grammy for their hit song "Not Ready to Make Nice" |
| 23% | WEBOFLIES | 9 | It's spun by mendacious people ... or a hint to the shaded answers |
| 22% | FUEL | 4 | Add ___ to the fire (make it worse) |
| 22% | BRAIN | 5 | Combine the chemical symbols for Boron, Radium, Iodine, and Nitrogen to make what the cranium contains |
| 22% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |