| 100% | GDP | 3 | Value of goods and services produced in a country in a specific period (abbr) |
| 62% | GNP | 3 | Market value of all goods and services produced in a year: Abbr |
| 41% | SMUGGLER | 8 | Someone who illegally takes goods in and out of a country |
| 36% | ECON | 4 | A subject or class in college that deals with goods and services |
| 35% | CURRENCY | 8 | System of money in use in a specific country |
| 35% | BALANCE | 7 | Difference in value between a country's imports and exports |
| 34% | MSEC | 4 | Brief period in nuclear physics, a fraction of a tick on a clock: Abbr. |
| 34% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 34% | DARKAGES | 8 | Period often characterized as one of violence and backwardness, but in fact is a period of lack of records |
| 33% | XBOXLIVE | 8 | Service that allows you to play Gears of War with someone in a different country |
| 33% | CUSTOMER | 8 | Buyer of goods and services |
| 33% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |
| 33% | REMICK | 6 | Lee —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Days of Wine and Roses |
| 32% | OREO | 4 | "Biscuit" first produced in Chelsea, Manhattan in 1912 and sold at the price of 25 cents a pound |
| 31% | COMMERCE | 8 | Trade in goods and services |
| 31% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 31% | ABAB | 4 | Scheme of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" |
| 31% | CHIAROSCURO | 11 | Artistic distribution of light and dark masses in a painting |
| 31% | TEN | 3 | Value of a Q or Z in Scrabble |
| 31% | CTE | 3 | A degenerative brain disease found primarily in athletes and was the focus of the 2015 film "Concussion": Abbr. |
| 31% | TEN | 3 | Value of a Q tile, in Scrabble |
| 31% | TEN | 3 | Value of a Z tile, in Scrabble |
| 31% | EVIL | 4 | "Midnight in the Garden of Good and ___" |
| 30% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 30% | STEW | 4 | Dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot |
| 30% | CHITARIVERA | 11 | She won two Tonys for Best Actress in a Musical, for "The Rink" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman": 2 wds. |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Value of J, Q, and Z, in Words with Friends |
| 30% | ASSN | 4 | One of the A's in A.M.A.: Abbr. |
| 30% | NUNCIO | 6 | Diplomatic representative of the Pope in a country |