| 100% | FERMENT | 7 | Undergo the process of sugar changing to alcohol |
| 100% | FERMENTS | 8 | Undergoes the process of sugar changing to alcohol |
| 42% | OPTIC | 5 | Topic changed to supplier of alcohol |
| 40% | MUTATION | 8 | Significant change to the DNA of an organism |
| 39% | AMENDED | 7 | Made changes to, as a bill in the House of Representatives |
| 38% | INTESTINE | 9 | One of the organs used to process food |
| 38% | DIABETES | 8 | Disorder of the pancreas related to blood sugar |
| 36% | INCOMING | 8 | The process of arriving |
| 36% | TANS | 4 | Spends time on the beach to change color of the skin |
| 36% | ADHESION | 8 | The action or process of sticking to a surface |
| 36% | BIRTHING | 8 | The process of producing young |
| 36% | AGING | 5 | The process of getting older |
| 36% | MINTAGE | 7 | The process of producing coins |
| 36% | TWICE | 5 | The Process of Elimination: In the answer to each starred clue, cross out any letter that appears ___; then read the letters that remain |
| 35% | PEN | 3 | ___ testing, cyber security process of using hacking methods to assess how secure the data is, for short |
| 35% | OTTO | 4 | What Ove's name was changed to for the American film adaptation of "A Man Called Ove" |
| 35% | ACCRETION | 9 | The process of growth or increase |
| 35% | INGESTION | 9 | The process of taking food in |
| 35% | DISPOSAL | 8 | The process of throwing away something |
| 35% | WANZHOU | 7 | Huawei executive Meng ___, currently undergoing an extradition process from Canada to the US |
| 35% | JEEP | 4 | Company asked by the Cherokee Nation to change one of its car names |
| 35% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 35% | CREATION | 8 | The process of bringing something into existence |
| 35% | QUILTING | 8 | The process of making a patchwork bedspread |
| 35% | PRESS | 5 | Device used to squeeze grapes during the early stages of the wine making process |
| 35% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 35% | DEVELOPMENT | 11 | Process of change |
| 34% | INGESTION | 9 | The process of taking food into the body |
| 34% | DIGESTION | 9 | The process of breaking down food into nutrients |
| 34% | CHAMELEON | 9 | Lizard of Africa and Asia, many species of which have the ability to change colour |