| 100% | RUIN | 4 | On the road to ___ (doing badly) |
| 95% | RUIN | 4 | On the road to ___ (doing very badly) |
| 68% | MAKEAUTURN | 10 | Change direction on the road 180 degrees ... and what you must literally do in each starred clue to understand its answer |
| 68% | NINETY | 6 | It's dangerous to do on the road |
| 66% | MANDALAY | 8 | Former capital of Burma, on the road to it perhaps |
| 65% | FORT | 4 | & 8A Town in Highland, Scotland, on the Road to the Isles |
| 63% | TOUR | 4 | Do gigs on the road |
| 63% | ELOPE | 5 | Do rings on the road? |
| 63% | THEATRE | 7 | A series of "insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster," per Tom Stoppard |
| 62% | OVERHEATS | 9 | Breaks down on the road due to lack of coolant |
| 60% | ERR | 3 | Thing to do on the side of caution |
| 60% | SKID | 4 | To lose traction on the road |
| 60% | SIDESWIPE | 9 | Glancing blow on the road, and a hint to the puzzle's circles |
| 60% | REST | 4 | What to do on the Sabbath, per the Bible |
| 58% | STOPLIGHT | 9 | Indicator to halt on the road |
| 58% | DIMS | 4 | Goes to low on the road |
| 58% | SIGNS | 5 | Things to read on the road |
| 58% | PAGE | 4 | Try to find on the road, say |
| 58% | WIZ | 3 | Ease on down the road to him |
| 57% | LIE | 3 | Stand's opposite ... or a bad thing to do on the stand |
| 56% | UNWRAP | 6 | What Lea & Perrins invite you to do with the flavor on their website |
| 56% | PHONEHOME | 9 | What E.T. wanted to do while on Earth, per the 1982 movie |
| 56% | START | 5 | Get the show on the road, so to speak |
| 56% | UTURNS | 6 | Cars do these 180s on the road |
| 56% | JALOPY | 6 | One likely to die on the road? |
| 56% | TOLLGATES | 9 | Something to avoid while on the road |
| 56% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow on the road |
| 56% | MOTEL | 5 | Modest place to stay on the road |
| 55% | SKIP | 4 | What pebble throwers on the river bank often try to make the stones do |
| 55% | HOLDTHEFLOOR | 12 | What to do while the joists are being installed as you yatter on unendingly? |