| 100% | DARTED | 6 | Ran out, as in front of traffic |
| 53% | RST | 3 | Run in front of U |
| 52% | SITAT | 5 | Plunk down in front of, as a counter |
| 52% | DIED | 4 | Ran out of juice, as a battery |
| 52% | DIED | 4 | Ran out of battery, as a smartphone |
| 52% | DIES | 4 | Runs out of juice, as a smartphone |
| 52% | DIE | 3 | Run out of charge, as a phone |
| 52% | DIE | 3 | Run out of juice, as a battery |
| 52% | DYING | 5 | Running out of charge, as a cellphone |
| 52% | DIE | 3 | Run out of steam, as a battery |
| 52% | DYING | 5 | Running out of juice, as a battery |
| 51% | DIE | 3 | Run out of power, as a phone battery |
| 51% | DIES | 4 | Runs out of juice, as an electric car |
| 49% | LOSE | 4 | Run out of lives in Super Mario Bros., for example |
| 49% | TIRE | 4 | Start to run out of gas, in a sense |
| 48% | TAG | 3 | Put out, as a base runner in baseball |
| 47% | GAS | 3 | Bad thing to run out of in the middle of nowhere |
| 47% | IDCARDS | 7 | Passes out in front of a T.S.A. agent? |
| 46% | ESCAPEARTIST | 12 | Someone getting out in front of an audience? |
| 45% | BEFORE | 6 | In front of |
| 45% | AHEAD | 5 | In front of |
| 45% | OFFCENTER | 9 | Out of whack, as shown in 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 44% | ONSTAGE | 7 | In front of audience |
| 44% | UPAHEAD | 7 | In front of us |
| 44% | NEGAWATT | 8 | Measure of energy savings, as when the meter runs in reverse |
| 44% | AFORE | 5 | In front of, in dialect |
| 44% | AFORE | 5 | In front of, old-style |
| 44% | ONSTAGE | 7 | In front of the audience |
| 44% | AFORE | 5 | In front of, to Shakespeare |
| 43% | WEAVE | 5 | Move in and out of traffic |