| 100% | DOWNSHIFT | 9 | Change to a lower gear or simpler way of life |
| 49% | DOWNSHIFT | 9 | Change to a lower gear |
| 46% | DOWNSHIFTING | 12 | Changing to a lower gear, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 45% | DOWNSHIFT | 9 | To change to a lower gear in a manual car |
| 38% | DOWNSHIFT | 9 | Move to a lower gear |
| 38% | MEDICALLY | 9 | In a way related to treatment of illness or injury |
| 36% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 36% | TAO | 3 | Way of life, according to the Chinese |
| 35% | ELEMENTAL | 9 | A word that means simple and basic, or pertaining to forces of nature |
| 35% | FAR | 3 | "A long, long way to run" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 35% | UPGRADES | 8 | Changes to a better class or model |
| 35% | BASICS | 6 | Back to __, return to a simpler way of living |
| 35% | MOD | 3 | Change to a car or a video game, for short |
| 35% | AMEND | 5 | Make minor changes to a rule or law |
| 35% | AMENDING | 8 | Making changes to a piece of legal text |
| 35% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 34% | EDIT | 4 | Make changes to a photo, as brightness or contrast |
| 34% | SANSA | 5 | Winterfell character on "Game of Thrones" ... or, if you change the fourth letter to T, a wintertime character |
| 34% | MURMUR | 6 | A low, whispered hum or buzz of conversation |
| 34% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a traveler |
| 34% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a motorist |
| 33% | MOVEDOVER | 9 | Change a map of southern England? … or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 33% | RETIRED | 7 | Turned to a life of leisure, ended work life |
| 33% | VIA | 3 | By way of, to a travel agent |
| 33% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 33% | CAY | 3 | A low bank or reef made of coral or rock |
| 33% | VARIETY | 7 | The spice of life, according to a saying |
| 33% | OEM | 3 | Short way of referring to a parts manufacturer |
| 33% | ALTER | 5 | Make changes to, as a pair of pants |