| 100% | INSULATE | 8 | To put batts of fiberglass, e.g., in the walls |
| 44% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 43% | BERGAMO | 7 | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy to the northeast of Milan |
| 43% | BERGAMO | 7 | Walled city in Lombardy, Italy, to the north-east of Milan |
| 43% | METAS | 5 | Contest crosswords in the Wall Street Journal, e.g. |
| 41% | BEARDOWN | 8 | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 41% | OKIES | 5 | The Joads, e.g., in "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| 40% | ORB | 3 | Palantír in The Lord of the Rings, e.g. |
| 40% | LOAD | 4 | Amount in the back of a pickup, e.g. |
| 40% | ETS | 3 | Tralfamadorians in the work of Kurt Vonnegut, e.g. |
| 40% | RANDOS | 6 | People in the background of vacation photos, e.g. |
| 40% | HOOVERDAMAGE | 12 | Result of forgetting to put the bag in the vacuum? |
| 40% | HOLE | 4 | ___ in the wall (type of cozy cafe) |
| 39% | EXPANSION | 9 | Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g. |
| 39% | ENT | 3 | Treebeard in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 39% | ENT | 3 | Fangorn in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 39% | ELF | 3 | Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 39% | ENT | 3 | Beechbone in “The Lord of the Rings,” e.g. |
| 39% | ELF | 3 | Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 39% | ELF | 3 | Arwen in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 39% | FOREST | 6 | Lothlórien in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 39% | GAG | 3 | Piece of cloth put in the mouth to prevent speech |
| 39% | WIRING | 6 | Electricity cables in the walls of a home |
| 39% | CITYGATE | 8 | Entrance in the walls of a fortified settlement |
| 39% | BASSO | 5 | Voice in the role of Mefistofele, e.g. |
| 39% | ALUM | 4 | Person in the class of '25, e.g. |
| 39% | MEME | 4 | Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023, e.g. |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, to chefs |
| 38% | ELF | 3 | Galadriel or Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. |
| 38% | AMIDST | 6 | In the thick of, to a bard |