| 100% | THRO | 4 | "And ___ the field the road runs by": Tennyson |
| 53% | BEEP | 4 | Sound made by a car horn or the Road Runner |
| 50% | WINDING | 7 | Song by the Beatles: "The Long and __ Road" |
| 47% | NORAD | 5 | Military org. run jointly by the U.S. and Canada |
| 46% | ONAUTO | 6 | Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed |
| 45% | TOON | 4 | The Road Runner, for one |
| 45% | ABBEY | 5 | "___ Road," the 11th studio album by The Beatles, with songs like "Come Together" and "Here Comes the Sun" |
| 45% | FAST | 4 | Like the Road Runner |
| 45% | RUNNINGONEMPTY | 14 | 1978 single by 42-Across with the lyric "In '69, I was 21 and I called the road my own" (3 wds.) |
| 44% | BILLY | 5 | ___ Mills, Native American track and field athlete who won the gold for 10k run at 1964 Tokyo Olympics |
| 44% | CONTRA | 6 | Run and gun video game published in 1988 by Konami with the characters Bill and Lance |
| 44% | BEEP | 4 | Sound from the Road Runner |
| 44% | BEEPBEEP | 8 | Sound from the Road Runner |
| 44% | BEEPED | 6 | Sounded like the road runner |
| 43% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 43% | FERRARIS | 8 | 458 and 488 on the road |
| 43% | LOPES | 5 | Runs across the field |
| 43% | CAR | 3 | Runner on the road |
| 43% | SKID | 4 | Lose control and slide on the road |
| 43% | BEEP | 4 | When repeated, the Road Runner's cry |
| 43% | TOON | 4 | Wile E. Coyote or the Road Runner |
| 43% | WILY | 4 | Crafty, like the Road Runner's nemesis |
| 42% | FROST | 5 | "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by" poet |
| 42% | BRIGADE | 7 | The Charge of the Light __, poem by Tennyson |
| 42% | COYOTE | 6 | Wile E. ___ (toon who chases the Road Runner) |
| 42% | DISH | 4 | "... and the ___ ran away with the spoon" |
| 42% | DISH | 4 | ". . . and the ___ ran away with the spoon" |
| 42% | TURNS | 5 | Lefts and rights, on the road |
| 42% | ONTO | 4 | Run ___ the field (prepare to play) |