| 100% | COLDFEET | 8 | Last-minute nerves leading to a change of heart |
| 47% | REPENT | 6 | Have a change of heart |
| 46% | CARDIOGRAM | 10 | It might show a change of heart? |
| 45% | COMBUBBLE | 9 | Lead-up to a Web implosion of the late 1990s (5) |
| 43% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Last minutes of a blowout game |
| 43% | CRISIS | 6 | Instability in an area, leading to a drastic change |
| 43% | SYSTEMRROR | 10 | It may lead to a "blue screen of death" |
| 42% | LULLED | 6 | Led to feel a false sense of safety |
| 41% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 41% | STRESSTESTS | 11 | Possible indicators of a change of heart? |
| 41% | COLDFEET | 8 | To have last minute nerves before getting married |
| 41% | DARE | 4 | One may lead to a game of chicken |
| 39% | DYE | 3 | A substance used to change the hue of something |
| 39% | ARRANGED | 8 | Changed a piece of music to fit |
| 38% | DOWNSHIFT | 9 | Change to a lower gear or simpler way of life |
| 38% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the heart of a lady |
| 38% | WOO | 3 | Try to win the heart of a lady? |
| 38% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |
| 38% | IMHO | 4 | Lead-in to a point of view, online |
| 38% | IFEAR | 5 | Lead-in to a bit of bad news |
| 38% | ALAS | 4 | Lead-in to a bit of sad news |
| 38% | AMENDING | 8 | Making changes to a piece of legal text |
| 38% | IFALLELSEFAILS | 14 | Lead-in to a last resort |
| 38% | COLDFEET | 8 | Last-minute nerves before a major event |
| 38% | ONERUN | 6 | Kind of lead a closer often has to protect |
| 37% | ORGANTRANSPLANT | 15 | Change of heart? |
| 37% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last leg of a race ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | SEA | 3 | ___ level change, condition leading to oceanic water level changes that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 37% | ATLANTIS | 8 | Name of the last Space Shuttle to complete a mission |
| 37% | AWAKENING | 9 | A sudden change of perspective; to open one's eyes |