| 100% | CRUMPLEZONE | 11 | *Car feature for absorbing the energy of a crash |
| 48% | GRILLE | 6 | Feature on the front of a car |
| 47% | KINETIC | 7 | Common term for the energy of a body in motion |
| 47% | RUNNINGBOARD | 12 | Feature near the door of a really old car |
| 45% | HUBCAP | 6 | Cover for the middle of a car's wheel |
| 45% | LOAD | 4 | Put in the trunk of a car, for example |
| 45% | EMO | 3 | Genre of the 2001 song "Understanding in a Car Crash" |
| 44% | GEO | 3 | Prefix with "thermal" for a type of renewable energy from the Earth |
| 43% | MIDDLESEAT | 10 | Likely spot for a procrastinating traveler, and a feature of the starred answers |
| 43% | FERRARI | 7 | Maker of a 1967 Formula 1 car nicknamed Spaghetti for its tangle of exhaust pipes atop the engine |
| 40% | VTEN | 4 | The muscle of a muscle car, maybe |
| 40% | DRINKIN | 7 | Absorb the beauty of, as a scene |
| 40% | PAGE | 4 | The front of a newspaper, for example |
| 40% | SONICBOOM | 9 | The crack of a whip, for example |
| 40% | THEINCREDIBLES | 14 | Pixar film about a family of superheroes that won the 2005 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: 2 wds. |
| 40% | REPO | 4 | Takeback of a car, for short |
| 39% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 39% | PEDICURE | 8 | The equivalent of a manicure but for the feet |
| 39% | HOOD | 4 | Part of a car above the engine |
| 39% | OTIS | 4 | Inventor of a braking system for cars |
| 39% | TAILFIN | 7 | Feature of a '50s car |
| 39% | OMEN | 4 | The appearance of a butterfly in a home, for some |
| 39% | MPH | 3 | Measure of a car's speed, for short |
| 39% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Front of a car that illuminates the road |
| 39% | MEATTHERMOMETER | 15 | Gadget for checking the temperature of a roast |
| 39% | PRESSBOX | 8 | Section of a stadium reserved for the media |
| 39% | CALIPER | 7 | Tool for measuring the diameter of a tree |
| 39% | MANOMETER | 9 | Instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid |
| 39% | DADO | 4 | Groove for receiving the end of a board |
| 39% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Version of a song made for the airwaves |