| 100% | OWNS | 4 | Holds the title to, as a car that's paid off |
| 43% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | LIMO | 4 | Car that might take a star to the Oscars |
| 43% | OWE | 3 | Have a car loan to pay off |
| 42% | DELOREAN | 8 | Car that becomes a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 42% | CLUTCH | 6 | Device in a car that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox |
| 41% | OWNS | 4 | Holds the title to |
| 41% | OWNED | 5 | Held the title to |
| 41% | OWN | 3 | Hold the title to |
| 41% | TAXI | 4 | Yellow car that you pay a fare to ride in |
| 40% | MARLINS | 7 | Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team |
| 40% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 40% | PEG | 3 | Spike that helps hold a tent to the ground |
| 40% | BALLJOINT | 9 | Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 39% | REV | 3 | Give gas to, as a car's engine |
| 38% | ININSTALLMENTS | 14 | Gradually, as to pay off a loan |
| 38% | LIGATURE | 8 | Metal band that holds a reed on to the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments |
| 38% | SNL | 3 | Show that aired the sketch "Liza Minnelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp": Abbr. |
| 38% | JAPAN | 5 | Tokyo's country that holds a Guinness World Record for the smallest park, with an area equivalent to two sheets of A3 paper |
| 37% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 37% | DELOREAN | 8 | DMC ___, car model that was modified into a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 37% | WHATSTHEIRMO | 12 | "How do these people pull that off?" (and a hint to solving the starred clues) |
| 37% | JOYDIVISION | 11 | 1970s rock band that regrouped as New Order, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | GAS | 3 | Car pedal that's next to the brake |
| 37% | TIRE | 4 | Car part that's vulnerable to a puncture |
| 37% | NUDE | 4 | Second single from Radiohead's album in 18a, that had a different title originally and was supposed to be part of the album "OK Computer" |
| 36% | RIO | 3 | City that's home to the Sugarloaf Cable Car, informally |
| 36% | YALE | 4 | School that's home to a cappella group The Whiffenpoofs |
| 36% | BETTER | 6 | "___ the Devil You Know," 1990 song by Kylie Minogue with a title that refers to a common idiom |
| 36% | COAL | 4 | ___ car, red train card in the board game "Ticket to Ride" that is named after a fossil fuel |