| 100% | INARUT | 6 | Spinning one's wheels, literally or figuratively |
| 55% | GETNOWHERE | 10 | Spin one’s wheels |
| 52% | CYCLIST | 7 | One who keeps spinning his or her wheels |
| 52% | POTTER | 6 | One spinning one's wheels? |
| 47% | ERR | 3 | Drop the ball, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | SCARRED | 7 | Suffering lasting effects, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | TAKEFLAK | 8 | Come under fire, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | TURNEDON | 8 | Wired, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | WELCOMED | 8 | Embraced, literally or figuratively |
| 46% | SUGARCOAT | 9 | Make easier to swallow, literally or figuratively |
| 46% | TENSE | 5 | In danger of snapping, literally or figuratively |
| 46% | ATSEA | 5 | Way to be lost, literally or figuratively |
| 46% | EEOFFTHEGAS | 11 | Slow down, literally or figuratively |
| 44% | TEA | 3 | It can be piping hot, literally or figuratively |
| 44% | LENS | 4 | Way of looking at things, literally or figuratively |
| 44% | SPIN | 4 | Test one's luck with a bottle or a wheel |
| 43% | GETBACKINSHAPE | 14 | Recommit to one's fitness … or what 23-Across depicts literally |
| 42% | AXLE | 4 | One spinning its wheels? |
| 40% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 39% | CAR | 3 | One's wheels |
| 39% | RUG | 3 | One may be slangily overhead or literally underfoot |
| 39% | GRAPHIC | 7 | Like some novels, figuratively or literally |
| 39% | TOY | 3 | Lego or Hot Wheels, for one |
| 38% | TWIDDLING | 9 | Spinning one's thumbs around each other |
| 38% | RIGHTANGLE | 10 | One of four for a square … or 32-Down, literally? |
| 36% | MATE | 4 | One's companion or partner |
| 36% | BIGDAY | 6 | One's marriage or graduation |
| 36% | VOWEL | 5 | One’s beginning or end? |
| 36% | ONUS | 4 | One's duty or responsibility |