| 100% | TOLLGATES | 9 | Something to avoid while on the road |
| 54% | ELOPE | 5 | Give a ring while on the road? |
| 53% | DEFOG | 5 | Clear while on the road |
| 53% | CARSICK | 7 | Nauseated while on the road |
| 52% | STOPAT | 6 | Visit while on the road, as a motel |
| 51% | RUIN | 4 | On the road to ___ (doing badly) |
| 51% | RUIN | 4 | On the road to ___ (doing very badly) |
| 50% | SKID | 4 | To lose traction on the road |
| 49% | EYES | 4 | Keep these on the road while driving |
| 49% | WEBCAMERA | 9 | Something to show you on the computer? |
| 49% | TELLY | 5 | Something to watch the BBC on |
| 49% | PATTY | 5 | Something to throw on the BBQ |
| 49% | NAIL | 4 | Something to hit on the head |
| 49% | TAIL | 4 | Something to pin on the donkey |
| 49% | CLAY | 4 | Something to throw on the wheel |
| 48% | STEM | 4 | Something to hold on to while drinking? |
| 48% | LAM | 3 | On the ___ (trying to avoid the police) |
| 48% | DESTINY | 7 | It's often met "on the road taken to avoid it," per Jean de la Fontaine |
| 48% | DININGCAR | 9 | Place to eat while on the go |
| 48% | TAR | 3 | Something seen on the road |
| 47% | OVERHEATS | 9 | Breaks down on the road due to lack of coolant |
| 47% | MANDALAY | 8 | Former capital of Burma, on the road to it perhaps |
| 47% | BEEB | 4 | Something to watch on the telly, with "the" |
| 47% | FORT | 4 | & 8A Town in Highland, Scotland, on the Road to the Isles |
| 47% | ROD | 3 | Something to hang a towel on, in the bathroom |
| 46% | SLED | 4 | Something to stand on, or run behind, in the Iditarod |
| 46% | SIDESWIPE | 9 | Glancing blow on the road, and a hint to the puzzle's circles |
| 45% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow on the road |
| 45% | MOTEL | 5 | Modest place to stay on the road |
| 45% | THEATRE | 7 | A series of "insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster," per Tom Stoppard |