| 100% | ELSE | 4 | "What ___ could go wrong?" |
| 100% | ANYTHING | 8 | What can go wrong |
| 84% | ELSE | 4 | "What ___ can go wrong?" |
| 68% | MEGA | 4 | What can go before watt |
| 66% | ASCENDING | 9 | Mounting design can go wrong |
| 65% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | "Anything that can go wrong will" |
| 64% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | "If it can go wrong, it will" |
| 64% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | "If something can go wrong, it will" |
| 64% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | "If anything can go wrong, it will" |
| 63% | MURPHYSLAW | 10 | Anything that can go wrong will go wrong |
| 62% | ORWORSE | 7 | "... not to mention everything else that could go wrong!" |
| 61% | LAW | 3 | Murphy's ___ ("Anything that can go wrong will go wrong") |
| 61% | LAW | 3 | Murphy's ___ ("Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong") |
| 58% | SPELLCHECK | 10 | What goes after the wrong type? |
| 57% | HOMEMATCH | 9 | What you can never win going away |
| 56% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | STAIN | 5 | What a Tide to Go pen can remove |
| 55% | HEADFIRST | 9 | Impetuously ... or what can go on each part of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 54% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 54% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 54% | THATSRISKY | 10 | "I dunno, it could all go terribly wrong . . ." |
| 53% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 51% | STAMP | 5 | "I can go all around the world by staying in one corner. What am I?" |
| 51% | UEY | 3 | What you can hang if you want to go back the other way |
| 50% | UNLESS | 6 | "I can't help you ___ you tell me what's wrong" |
| 50% | ISWEARBYIT | 10 | "You can't go wrong with this" |
| 48% | FOOLPROOF | 9 | Cannot possibly go wrong |
| 48% | ATWORST | 7 | If everything goes wrong |
| 48% | BELLYFLOP | 9 | Dive that goes wrong |
| 48% | FOOLPROOF | 9 | Incapable of going wrong |