| 100% | TESLAS | 6 | Cars which had a beta software release in April this year, that now allows automatic recognition and stopping at stop signs |
| 28% | TYRE | 4 | Rubber component that cars have, two in the front and two at the back (for a Brit) |
| 28% | REDSTRING | 9 | A stop-motion-animated-feature film "Blood Tea and ___" which was under production for 13 years before its release in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a sweetener and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | ADA | 3 | City in Pontotoc County where you can get a cultural center audio tour and may have to stop at a stop sign, both in Chickasaw |
| 27% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 27% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 26% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 26% | RSE | 3 | Trading org. located in Kigali that opened in Jan., 2011 and by June of this year had a market listing of nine companies on its books |
| 26% | TIRE | 4 | Car part that gets changed in a pit stop |
| 25% | MEAD | 4 | Artificial lake created in 1935 not far from the Las Vegas Strip, that in April this year was only at about 43% capacity |
| 25% | KONG | 4 | Donkey ___, series of video games first released in 1981 and which has a gorilla character |
| 24% | FRIDAYTHE13TH | 13 | This occurs at least once - and never more than three times - in a year |
| 23% | ZOSO | 4 | Led Zep's fourth album which had no title and was released in 1971 was often referred to as this |
| 23% | FLEETWOODMAC | 12 | "Don't Stop" pop band that released a self-titled album in both 1968 and 1975: 2 wds. |
| 23% | RIGHTTURN | 9 | With 55-Down, sign at some corners, and a hint to four places in this grid |
| 23% | NET | 3 | Karl, Herman, Joseph and Helen performed at Madison Square Garden in 1928 without this item that had been lost in transit |
| 23% | ECLECTIC | 8 | Having a little of this and a little of that |
| 23% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | American athlete who won a gold for decathlon at the 1912 Olympics, and has spent 7 years in MLB and 13 in APFA (now NFL): 2 wds. |
| 23% | ELLIS | 5 | Island over which New York and New Jersey had a long-standing territorial dispute that was settled by the Supreme Court in 1998 |
| 23% | BRAKE | 5 | ___ pads, car part that helps it slow down and stop |
| 23% | SEMICOLON | 9 | Punctuation mark used to indicate a pause intermediate in length between that of a comma and a full stop |
| 22% | FOAL | 4 | It's hard to believe that Big Jake, now weighing about 2600 lbs, started out as this at a mere 240 lbs in 2001 |
| 22% | INTESTINE | 9 | Organ in the body which has a "small" and "large" variant |
| 22% | CADILLAC | 8 | This car brand has an Escalade and a CT5 |
| 22% | FDR | 3 | Pres. that has a memorial and statue in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London |
| 22% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 22% | YMCA | 4 | Community facility that often has a gym and pool, in brief |
| 22% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |