| 100% | FAILSAFE | 8 | Backup system for when things go wrong |
| 53% | OHNO | 4 | Call when things go wrong |
| 52% | CRASHES | 7 | What a computer does when things go wrong |
| 51% | COMPLAIN | 8 | Do this to a manager when things go wrong |
| 46% | PLANB | 5 | Backup strategy if things go wrong |
| 40% | DID | 3 | "Where ___ things go wrong?" |
| 39% | PLANB | 5 | Alternative if things go wrong |
| 39% | SOUTH | 5 | Direction when things go bad |
| 39% | MOLD | 4 | It appears when things go bad |
| 38% | ADDINSULT | 9 | When things go really bad, don't __ to injury |
| 38% | FIRETRUCK | 9 | What comes out when things go up? |
| 38% | ONAGOODDAY | 10 | When things are going well |
| 37% | SCHEDULE | 8 | Planner with timings for when things will happen |
| 37% | OFFDAY | 6 | When things don't go right |
| 37% | OFFDAY | 6 | When things aren't going right |
| 37% | NTSB | 4 | Grp. called in when things go off the rails? |
| 37% | COST | 4 | What some things go for |
| 35% | LINNAEUS | 8 | Swedish botanist's system for naming living things |
| 35% | NODRAMA | 7 | Words for when the actors go on strike |
| 35% | STREAKING | 9 | Activity for when there's nothing going on? |
| 35% | WILT | 4 | Another word for when a plant goes limp |
| 34% | BITESAT | 7 | Goes for, as when bobbing for apples |
| 34% | AMS | 3 | When many alarms go off, for short |
| 34% | BLAME | 5 | Responsibility for a wrong thing |
| 33% | ALARMBELLS | 10 | Things that go off when there's danger |
| 33% | BLAME | 5 | Responsibility assigned when something goes wrong |
| 33% | AWRY | 4 | Bad way for things to go |
| 33% | ITSADOGSLIFE | 12 | Comment when things are tough … or a title for this puzzle |
| 33% | SIDEWAYS | 8 | How things go when things go awry |
| 32% | DOCS | 4 | People we go to when unwell, for short |