| 100% | GONER | 5 | "When my parents find out I wrecked the car, I'm a ___" |
| 44% | PUN | 3 | "Most people are shocked when they find out I'm not a trained electrician," e.g. |
| 43% | EEK | 3 | Sound I made when my cat found a waterbug last night |
| 41% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 37% | BREAK | 5 | (1/6) Oh, no! There's been a problem with the car. With 36a, you will find out more! |
| 37% | MILAN | 5 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "Fashion Capital of the World" |
| 36% | DRIVE | 5 | Take the car out for a spin |
| 36% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 36% | PARK | 4 | Find a spot for the car |
| 36% | PARKING | 7 | Finding a spot for the car |
| 35% | BHUTAN | 6 | I'm an Asian country near the Himalayas with a dragon on my flag |
| 35% | SPOT | 4 | Parking ___, place in the car lot where you might be parked, and something that seems impossible to find when you're in a rush |
| 34% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | 42-Across Top 10 song with the lyric "I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | DATENIGHT | 9 | When parents go out in the evening, without kids |
| 34% | NOW | 3 | "___ I'm A Farmer," song by the Who that might bring out your green thumb and fresh homegrown veggies |
| 34% | FIAT | 4 | Parent company of Abarth, the car with a scorpion as a logo |
| 34% | LEOPARD | 7 | I'm a spotted big cat with speed and strength. I rule the night with my majestic sight. Who am I? |
| 34% | BLED | 4 | What I always did to the car brakes after changing the fluid in those days when I was a DIY car guy (I no longer am!) |
| 34% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 34% | RAKINGMYMOUNDS | 14 | "The best part of the job, of course, is when I'm out on the street ___" |
| 33% | VENICE | 6 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "The Floating City" |
| 33% | ROME | 4 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "The Eternal City" |
| 33% | DUBLIN | 6 | I'm a city in Ireland and my nickname is "The Fair City" |
| 33% | DIZZY | 5 | "I had to stop driving my car for a while, the tires got ___": Steven Wright |
| 33% | LIMA | 4 | I'm a city in Peru and my nickname is "The City of Kings" |
| 33% | EVICT | 5 | Throw out, as a tenant who's wrecked the place |
| 33% | FIJI | 4 | I'm an island country in the South Pacific Ocean with a white dove and lion on my flag |
| 33% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote, “Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table” |
| 33% | PAPI | 4 | “Ay ___, I say / to the scar on my belly. i only knew my name / when it came out of her mouth”: José Olivarez, “Guapo” |
| 32% | PASQUALE | 8 | Joe —, comedian who won the fourth series of ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! in 2004 |