| 100% | HERDINSTINCT | 12 | *Inclination to follow the majority |
| 60% | CARSON | 6 | He used to follow the news |
| 60% | GRANDFATHEREDIN | 15 | Allowed to follow the old rule |
| 59% | ESPN | 4 | Place to follow the M.L.B. |
| 59% | TRAIL | 5 | Follow the first to complain |
| 55% | EVENTUAL | 8 | Expected to follow in the future |
| 55% | TRAIL | 5 | Thing to follow in the woods |
| 55% | FOOTPATH | 8 | What to follow in the forest |
| 55% | OBEY | 4 | Follow to the letter |
| 55% | HEED | 4 | Follow to the letter |
| 55% | WRITEBACK | 9 | Follow to the letter? |
| 55% | PINGPONGTABLE | 13 | Another place to follow the object named in the circled letters |
| 55% | BANDWAGON | 9 | To follow a trend is to "jump on the __" |
| 54% | TRACE | 5 | Follow back to the source |
| 54% | OBEYS | 5 | Follows instructions to the letter |
| 54% | MEANDMYDRUM | 11 | Following the circled squares, the end to a seasonal song |
| 53% | EXCLAMATIONMARK | 15 | It follows the answer to each starred clue |
| 52% | EIGHT | 5 | Pieces of ___ (old coins, and a double hint about how to follow the money) |
| 51% | KARAOKESCREEN | 13 | One place to follow the object named in the circled letters (reading left to right) |
| 51% | LEGALIST | 8 | One following statutes to the letter |
| 50% | TIS | 3 | Follow-up to the best seller "Angela's Ashes" |
| 50% | EYETESTS | 8 | Exams that are followed to the letter |
| 50% | TAXCODES | 8 | Laws to follow when filing a return with the IRS: 2 wds. |
| 50% | TODO | 4 | ___ list (List of resolutions to follow in the New Year, perhaps): Hyph. |
| 50% | READNEWDOWNWORDS | 16 | After following the instructions at 70-Across, how to escape this puzzle |
| 49% | BENDS | 5 | Doesn't follow to the letter, as rules |
| 49% | ASIA | 4 | Home to the majority of earthlings |
| 49% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | WALKS | 5 | Word following the last parts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 48% | PERU | 4 | Home to a majority of the world's alpacas |