| 100% | CHOKE | 5 | Device in a car engine that enriches the fuel-air mixture by restricting the amount of air entering the carburettor |
| 83% | CHOKE | 5 | Device in a car engine enriching the fuel-air mixture by restricting the amount of air entering the carburettor |
| 37% | CLUTCH | 6 | Device in a car that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox |
| 32% | FILTER | 6 | Device used to clean air or fuel in a car |
| 31% | THROTTLE | 8 | Device that controls the flow of fuel to an engine |
| 31% | NEBULIZER | 9 | Device that delivers drugs in the form of a mist |
| 31% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 31% | BREAKERS | 8 | Devices that automatically stop the flow of current in a circuit |
| 31% | DASHCAM | 7 | Recording device placed in the front of a car |
| 30% | RECHARGE | 8 | To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in |
| 30% | IGNITER | 7 | Device used to start a fuel mixture in an engine |
| 29% | SADDLE | 6 | "Back in the ___," 1976 song by Aerosmith that features the sounds of a galloping horse |
| 29% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 29% | POC | 3 | Abbreviation with a variant preceded by “BI” that gained popularity in the summer of 2020 |
| 29% | ACRE | 4 | Measure of land: originally the amount of land that a yoke of oxen could plough in a day |
| 28% | FANBELT | 7 | Part of a car engine that helps with cooling |
| 28% | GIMBAL | 6 | Arrangement of pivoting rings that keeps navigation instruments in a horizontal position at sea or in the air |
| 28% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 28% | TRUCKLOAD | 9 | The amount of goods transported by a semi |
| 28% | TOILET | 6 | The device in a bathroom that can flush |
| 28% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 27% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | "The Bird-catcher and the ___," a popular fable by 38-Down that has a traditional tune in the Isle of Man |
| 27% | TRADE | 5 | The "T" of WTUL that coordinated a strike by 20,000 women in 1909 in New York's garment district |
| 27% | CANDIDA | 7 | Comedy play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894 that revolves around the lives of a clergyman and his wife |
| 27% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 27% | PINCENEZ | 8 | Pair of glasses without arms held in place by a clip that fits over the nose |
| 27% | DAY | 3 | "The Promise of a New ___," song by Paula Abdul that hit no.1 on the Billboard charts in the '90s |
| 27% | COAL | 4 | ___ car, red train card in the board game "Ticket to Ride" that is named after a fossil fuel |
| 27% | NITRO | 5 | Fuel that makes a car engine go super-fast, for short |