| 100% | STICKSHIFT | 10 | Impediment to drive-in smooching, maybe |
| 51% | SMOG | 4 | It may be difficult to drive in |
| 51% | TEEDUP | 6 | Prepared to drive, in golf |
| 51% | TEEUP | 5 | Prepare to drive, in golf |
| 51% | TEEING | 6 | Preparing to drive, in golf |
| 50% | TEEUP | 5 | Get ready to drive, in golf |
| 50% | TEESUP | 6 | Prepares to drive, in a way |
| 49% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | Legal age for learning to drive in the UK |
| 49% | TEEUP | 5 | Prepare to drive, in golf: 2 wds. |
| 49% | UPFOR | 5 | In line to get, maybe |
| 47% | TAILGATE | 8 | To drive too close to the car in front |
| 47% | LOST | 4 | Driving around in circles, maybe |
| 46% | ICIER | 5 | More dangerous to drive on, in a way |
| 46% | KNELT | 5 | Got in position to propose, maybe |
| 46% | UNLIT | 5 | Impossible to read in, maybe |
| 46% | ERODES | 6 | Causes to cave in, maybe |
| 45% | TAKEASPIN | 9 | Drive to nowhere in particular |
| 45% | SPINS | 5 | Drives to nowhere in particular |
| 44% | EARTHED | 7 | Drove to hiding in the ground |
| 44% | PUNTING | 7 | Using a pole to drive a boat in Oxford and Cambs |
| 43% | BARRIERSTOENTRY | 15 | Impediments to newcomers, illustrated by black squares in rows 2, 4, 12 and 14 |
| 42% | TEED | 4 | Ready to be driven, in golf |
| 42% | SAUDIS | 6 | Women who were legally permitted to drive for the first time in 2018 |
| 42% | PONYTAIL | 8 | Hairstyle maybe used to secure locks in a workout |
| 42% | SNEEZES | 7 | Reacts to pepper or dust in the nose, maybe |
| 42% | MIMED | 5 | Appeared to be trapped in an invisible box, maybe |
| 42% | SPEEDBUMP | 9 | Hump in the road to prevent driving too fast |
| 42% | PORT | 4 | Where to plug in a flash drive |
| 42% | REARENDS | 8 | Fails to brake in time for, maybe |
| 42% | TALLER | 6 | Easier to see in a crowd, maybe |