| 100% | MERGES | 6 | Moves from a lane that's ending |
| 51% | MERGE | 5 | Move from an on-ramp into a highway lane |
| 48% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 47% | TILLTHEWORLD | 12 | "___ Ends," a hit single from Britney's seventh album, "Femme Fatale," that went like "Keep on dancing...": 3 wds. |
| 44% | WAG | 3 | Move from side to side, like a dog's tail |
| 44% | SIP | 3 | Drink from a beverage that's still hot |
| 44% | GRR | 3 | Noise from a dog that's feeling defensive |
| 44% | BEEP | 4 | Sound from a truck that's backing up |
| 44% | REGRADE | 7 | Move from A to B, say |
| 44% | BOO | 3 | Sound from a fan that's been turned off? |
| 43% | SAC | 3 | Cul-de-___, common English word for a dead end that was derived from French |
| 43% | ECLAIR | 6 | Pastry that becomes a name when the first letter is moved to the end |
| 43% | OUTFLOW | 7 | Air that moves away from a storm system |
| 43% | RESEATS | 7 | Moves from a table to a booth, say |
| 43% | THE | 3 | Word that’s unlikely to end a sentence |
| 43% | EVACUEE | 7 | Person moved from a dangerous area |
| 43% | BALK | 4 | Illegal move from a baseball pitcher |
| 42% | TILT | 4 | Message from a pinball game that's been handled too roughly |
| 42% | ARAL | 4 | Sea that's a letter off from 15-Across |
| 42% | URAL | 4 | River that's a letter off from 20-Across |
| 42% | ERSE | 4 | Language that's a letter off from 26-Across |
| 42% | DAB | 3 | Dance move that's a hit? |
| 41% | KEDGE | 5 | Light anchor dropped away from a ship so that the anchor chain can be used to move the ship by hauling |
| 41% | HAMMOCK | 7 | Type of swing bed that's hung from both ends |
| 41% | EMU | 3 | Australian bird that's a vowel change from 7-Down |
| 41% | EMO | 3 | Music subcategory that's a vowel change from 8-Down |
| 41% | ESSE | 4 | Latin verb that's a letter off from 9-Down |
| 41% | FORTWAYNE | 9 | City that's about a two-hour drive from Indianapolis |
| 41% | PIN | 3 | Move that forces a wrestler's shoulders to the mat |
| 41% | HUBBLESLAW | 10 | Astronomical observation that galaxies move away from Earth at a rate proportional to their distance from Earth |