| 100% | AVAST | 5 | "You're about to crash into the dock!" |
| 44% | TOE | 3 | You might put it into a pool to test the temperature |
| 43% | SLEEPYEYED | 10 | About to crash, apparently |
| 42% | TELLMEABOUTIT | 13 | You're preaching to the choir! |
| 42% | TBONED | 6 | Crashed into the side of |
| 42% | TBONE | 5 | Crash into the side of, informally |
| 41% | IJEOMAOLUO | 10 | Writer of the bestseller "So You Want to Talk About Race" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THATSRICH | 9 | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | GARB | 4 | What you're into at the moment |
| 41% | SMILE | 5 | "You're about to be photographed!" |
| 40% | GUT | 3 | The part of your body which is often referred to when you get a "feeling" about something |
| 40% | WEEK | 4 | Magazine with the slogan "All you need to know about everything that matters," with "The" |
| 40% | INDICATOR | 9 | Car signal that shows you're about to make a turn |
| 40% | LOOKOUT | 7 | "You're about to hit something!": 2 wds. |
| 39% | REAREND | 7 | Crash into from the back |
| 39% | INFORIT | 7 | About to face the music |
| 39% | UPNEXT | 6 | About to face the pitcher |
| 39% | ANGRY | 5 | About to hit the roof |
| 39% | MAD | 3 | About to hit the roof |
| 39% | IMHO | 4 | It may mean "I'm about to tell you you're wrong" |
| 39% | INTRUDE | 7 | To go into a situation where you're not wanted |
| 39% | SPAREROOM | 9 | Godsend for someone who's about to crash? |
| 39% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 39% | PUNCHINGIN | 10 | About to start the workday, say |
| 39% | ONNE*T | 6 | About to enter the stage, say |
| 38% | DIZZINESS | 9 | Feeling of faintness or as if you're about to fall |
| 38% | EARS | 4 | They're all the better to hear you with |
| 38% | PROPOSINGATOAST | 15 | About to say ''Here's to you'' |
| 38% | GIVEITSOMEJUICE | 15 | Wry suggestion at breakfast about what to feed the cat when you're out of milk? |
| 38% | BURROW | 6 | To dig into the ground for safety |