| 100% | LICENSE | 7 | A card certifying abilities to drive or a permit |
| 46% | LICENSED | 8 | Certified to drive or practice |
| 46% | LICENSE | 7 | Permit required to drive or hunt |
| 44% | LICENSED | 8 | Certified to drive a car |
| 42% | GOLF | 4 | Sport where you use a club to drive or putt |
| 41% | CIRCUSTALENT | 12 | Ability to walk a tightrope or swallow a sword? |
| 41% | LICENSE | 7 | A permit from an authority to own or use something |
| 40% | GROWTHPOTENTIAL | 15 | Ability of a company to expand ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | POKER | 5 | Card game or a type of face that's hard to read |
| 40% | PARALLELPARKING | 15 | Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | Fortunate card to have with a queen or king in blackjack |
| 39% | ACE | 3 | Good card to pair with a queen or king in blackjack |
| 39% | CASH | 4 | Alternative to a credit or debit card |
| 39% | CASH | 4 | Alternative to a debit card or ApplePay |
| 39% | MATCHINGPJS | 11 | Some Xmas card attire ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 38% | TAP | 3 | Alternative to "swipe" or "insert" at a credit card reader |
| 38% | CASH | 4 | Alternative to a credit card or payment app |
| 38% | BLACKICE | 8 | Winter driving hazard ... or a literal hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Card that might beat a king or lose to a two |
| 38% | MEMORY | 6 | __ stick, a small card to store pictures or files |
| 38% | UNO | 3 | Card game with a Spanish name... or a hint to solve 18a, 37a, 47a, 51a, 22d, and 26d |
| 37% | TOLL | 4 | Price to cross a bridge or drive on certain roads |
| 37% | READALOUD | 9 | *Woodwind permitted, say ... or a hint to sounding out the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | CAPACITY | 8 | A person's ability to enter into a legal agreement |
| 35% | PAIROFJOKERS | 12 | Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the answers to 19-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 35% | LOWLYWORM | 9 | Kids' book character who drives an apple-shaped car ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled words |
| 35% | LANE | 4 | Alternative to Drive or Road |
| 34% | ODE | 3 | A literary piece dedicated to someone or something |
| 34% | FUNERAL | 7 | A really inappropriate occasion to laugh or giggle |
| 34% | TOLL | 4 | Fee to drive on a road |