| 100% | CRISIS | 6 | Instability in an area, leading to a drastic change |
| 49% | CLUE | 4 | It leads to an answer in a crossword |
| 46% | GATE | 4 | Area in an airport where you wait to board a plane |
| 46% | ACTIVISTS | 9 | People trying to effect change in a specific area |
| 46% | CLUE | 4 | What leads you to an answer in a crossword |
| 46% | PORCH | 5 | Covered area leading to a doorway |
| 42% | OOP | 3 | Pass leading to a dunk, in basketball lingo |
| 42% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a score, in basketball |
| 42% | TEA | 3 | Tax that led to a party in Boston |
| 42% | ADAPTATIONS | 11 | A wood frog's ability to freeze itself in winter and an octopus's ability to change color, for two |
| 42% | COLDFEET | 8 | Last-minute nerves leading to a change of heart |
| 41% | OATMEAL | 7 | It might lead to a lump in your throat |
| 40% | ENDPLAY | 7 | Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead |
| 40% | HIALL | 5 | Greeting in an email to a group |
| 40% | LOL | 3 | Response to a joke in an I.M. |
| 40% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise, in an Aesop fable |
| 40% | ROADS | 5 | They all lead to Rome, in a saying |
| 40% | ROME | 4 | All roads lead to it, in a saying |
| 39% | EDIT | 4 | To make changes in a document |
| 39% | BROKENLINK | 10 | It may lead to a 404 error page … as represented in 35-Across |
| 39% | REWILDING | 9 | Returning an area to its natural state, in conservation |
| 39% | BAKE | 4 | Put in an oven to cook, as a cake |
| 39% | ROADS | 5 | All of them lead to Rome, in a saying |
| 39% | REGRADE | 7 | Change a B to an A, say |
| 39% | PRECINCT | 8 | Area in a town closed to traffic |
| 38% | HALLWAY | 7 | A corridor in a building; an entrance area |
| 38% | RESCORE | 7 | Change from a hit to an error, say |
| 38% | COMMANDTOADOGSLEDTEAM | 21 | Change a letter in 1-Across to spell... |
| 38% | GORE | 4 | Change a letter in 110-Across to spell... |
| 38% | WHATOLIVERTWISTWANTED | 21 | Change a letter in 85-Across to spell... |