| 100% | TENSE | 5 | In danger of snapping, literally or figuratively |
| 59% | TENSE | 5 | In danger of snapping |
| 43% | RARE | 4 | In danger of extinction, perhaps |
| 43% | LEADFOOTED | 10 | In danger of being ticketed |
| 43% | ATSTAKE | 7 | In danger of being lost |
| 43% | PARKEDILLEGALLY | 15 | In danger of being towed |
| 43% | LATE | 4 | In danger of missing out |
| 43% | MAD | 3 | In danger of exploding, maybe |
| 43% | SEACHANGE | 9 | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| 43% | MIDDLEENGLISH | 13 | Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? |
| 43% | ERR | 3 | Drop the ball, literally or figuratively |
| 43% | SCARRED | 7 | Suffering lasting effects, literally or figuratively |
| 43% | TAKEFLAK | 8 | Come under fire, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | TURNEDON | 8 | Wired, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | WELCOMED | 8 | Embraced, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | CROSSSTITCH | 11 | Bit of embroidery … or what's depicted literally three times in this puzzle |
| 42% | LENS | 4 | Way of looking at things, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | INARUT | 6 | Spinning one's wheels, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | SUGARCOAT | 9 | Make easier to swallow, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | ATSEA | 5 | Way to be lost, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | THREAD | 6 | In danger of failing, hanging by a __ |
| 42% | SWOLLEN | 7 | In danger of flooding, as a river |
| 42% | EEOFFTHEGAS | 11 | Slow down, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | LEAKS | 5 | Is in danger of sinking |
| 42% | TEETER | 6 | Be in danger of falling |
| 42% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 42% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 41% | BENDSTHETRUTH | 13 | Is subtly misleading, or what each of 23- and 47-Across does, figuratively and literally |
| 41% | LOOSECANNON | 11 | One in danger of going off |