| HIGHD | 68 or 69 percent, in school |
| CEE | About 75 percent, in school |
| THREE | With 68- or 69-Across, what 16-, 32-, 42- and 60-Across each consists of |
| WATTSINABULB | + 29 or + 44 or + 69, etc. |
| OVER | See 67- or 69-Across |
| OZONE | The 1987 Montreal Protocol began the phaseout of CFCs in 1993, and by 2005 the consumption of _____-depleting chemicals controlled by the agreement had fallen by 90-95 percent in the countries that we |
| ELLIS | Island that, in 1998, was determined to be 83 percent in New Jersey |
| GDP | Measure of economic growth that increased by 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025 in Britain.(abbrv) (3) |
| INTERPRET | Make sense to bury fixed percent, in the finish (9) |
| NET | 5 percent, in the Beatles' "Taxman" |
| BIP | One-hundredth of a percent, in finance lingo |
| CUTINHALF | Copper can get fifty percent in split |
| MPA | Screen monitor reduced by 25 percent in 2019 |
| MAT | Covering sixty percent of school subject, in brief |
| REUTERS | No individual or corporation may own more than fifteen percent of the stock in this famous news serv |
| ILE | Ending for percent or miss |
| ELITE | In the one percent, so to speak |
| ELEVATION | Always fifty percent off, in transport plan |
| HOLYCOW | The goodness said to be in one hundred percent beef? |
| AWN | Barley bristle found in sixty percent of lawns (3) |
