| 100% | SMITTEN | 7 | On the way to being in love |
| 67% | MADLY | 5 | One way to be in love |
| 58% | SOILTEST | 8 | Way to tell which nutrients are in the garden |
| 57% | FORUM | 5 | A funny thing happened on the way to this, in an old musical |
| 56% | ASEA | 4 | The ship was ___ on the way to Antarctica |
| 56% | SURFS | 5 | Is on the board, in a way |
| 56% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 55% | DOOMED | 6 | On the way to oblivion |
| 55% | DOWNABLINDALLEY | 15 | On the way to futility |
| 54% | NORTHBOUND | 10 | On the way to canada, maybe |
| 53% | METERMAID | 9 | On the way to the bus stop to ___ ... |
| 53% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | EREBUS | 6 | Cavern on the way to Hades |
| 53% | GOODBETTER | 10 | Benchmarks on the way to mastery |
| 52% | IAMBS | 5 | Pentad in "If music be the food of love, play on" |
| 52% | PAR | 3 | "He is on ___ with everyone else in the team." (equal to) |
| 52% | INNOVATE | 8 | To introduce changes in the way something is done |
| 52% | LSAT | 4 | Letters on the way to the bar? |
| 52% | PIEMAN | 6 | Vendor on the way to the fair |
| 52% | XXX | 3 | Tender on the way to the OR |
| 52% | STAIR | 5 | Help on the way to the top? |
| 52% | PAWN | 4 | One on the way to a promotion? |
| 52% | BAREXAM | 7 | Something passed on the way to court? |
| 52% | EREBUS | 6 | Dark place on the way to Hades |
| 52% | EPSOM | 5 | Stop on the way to Waterloo Station |
| 52% | TARPEIANROCK | 12 | Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths |
| 52% | LSAT | 4 | What needs to be passed on the way to the bar, briefly? |
| 52% | PENNAMES | 8 | What the answers to starred clues are, in different ways |
| 52% | TRIALS | 6 | Step on the way to the Olympics, maybe |
| 52% | EREBUS | 6 | Place of darkness on the way to Hades |