| 100% | INTEGRAL | 8 | Important to the way it works; anagram of triangle |
| 43% | RESTORE | 7 | Put back to the way it was |
| 42% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 41% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 41% | NAIVE | 5 | Unwise to the ways of the world |
| 40% | SHIFTS | 6 | Work assignments ... and, preceded by 1-Across, the key to creating the word ladder (and part 8 of it) |
| 40% | HAL | 3 | Speaker of the film line "This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it" |
| 39% | HELL | 4 | "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to ___ in his own way": Robert Frost |
| 38% | FAVOR | 5 | Work to the advantage of |
| 38% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |
| 37% | CANOE | 5 | Anagram of 2-Down, or something used to travel on it |
| 37% | BASE | 4 | Length needed to calculate the area of a triangle |
| 37% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
| 37% | WOO | 3 | Way to seek the attention of someone |
| 37% | ADRIATIC | 8 | The Strait of Otranto connects to it |
| 37% | HOMERIC | 7 | Relating to the works of the poet of the Iliad |
| 37% | AVATAR | 6 | "___: The Way of Water" (sequel to a 2009 James Cameron blockbuster) |
| 37% | PILLARS | 7 | Important members of the community, so to speak |
| 37% | ASCENSION | 9 | The act of rising to an important position |
| 37% | PAYPAL | 6 | The founders of YouTube used to work here |
| 37% | OPER | 4 | It's to the left of # |
| 37% | USE | 3 | Employ the ___ of (Put to work) |
| 36% | PROCEEDINGASPLED | 16 | Going just the way one begged for it to go? [Curry] |
| 36% | HARM | 4 | It's best to stay out of its way |
| 36% | ERR | 3 | It is better to ___ on the side of caution |
| 36% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 36% | TIP | 3 | It's often equal to 20% of the bill |
| 36% | TIP | 3 | It might be equal to 20% of the bill |
| 36% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 36% | AUTOMATE | 8 | One way to decrease the work force |