| 100% | CAMAROS | 7 | Bumblebee of "Transformers", when in vehicle mode, took on different models of these cars |
| 33% | TOTALSOLARECLIPSE | 17 | Event taking place across parts of North America on Monday, represented in four spots in this puzzle |
| 31% | COMA | 4 | You're out of it when in this |
| 30% | GEOMETRIC | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 30% | CLASSICAL | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 30% | ORE | 3 | The longest train ever consisted of 682 cars, was 4.5 miles long and carried this product in W. Australia on June 21, 2001 |
| 29% | FOOTSTEPS | 9 | When more of these are taken, more are left behind |
| 29% | CYLINDERS | 9 | Number of these determines engine size in a car |
| 29% | QANDASESSION | 12 | What solvers of this puzzle are taking part in? |
| 28% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 28% | BOW | 3 | What a violinist may take on stage, in two different senses |
| 28% | LIMELIGHT | 9 | I bask in this when all attention is focused on me |
| 28% | RACE | 4 | What the vehicle in "lane one" of this crossword is winning? |
| 28% | CORD | 4 | In "The Godfather", the model of car in the driveway of the estate of Jack Woltz |
| 28% | TIBER | 5 | Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 BC on the banks of this river |
| 28% | GTO | 3 | Pontiac model named the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968 |
| 27% | KGS | 3 | When you're 200 lbs. in DC, in Ottawa you're only 91 of these |
| 27% | DELOREAN | 8 | Model of a vehicle powered by the Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor, in science fiction |
| 27% | CAT | 3 | One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location |
| 27% | IMPALA | 6 | Type of antelope in Africa, also a car model |
| 27% | SEA | 3 | The majority of life on earth lives in this |
| 27% | ELI | 3 | Name left over when you eliminate two-thirds of a word in this clue |
| 27% | PAT | 3 | Serving of butter, as might go on top of several answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | AGE | 3 | Donald Trump was indeed the greatest president in terms of this on Inauguration Day |
| 27% | ANISOTROPY | 10 | Prperty of having different value when measured in different directions |
| 27% | BOS | 3 | Winner of four World Series in this century, on scoreboards |
| 26% | ONEGIANTLEAP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in another corner of this puzzle |
| 26% | ONESMALLSTEP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle |
| 26% | ZELDA | 5 | Princess who takes on the alter ego of Sheik, in the game Ocarina of Time |
| 26% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Indicator on a clock … or one of four in this puzzle? |