| 100% | SPIN | 4 | Test one's luck with a bottle or a wheel |
| 42% | BREAKINGRANKS | 13 | Splitting with one's group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows |
| 42% | HAMSTER | 7 | One with a squeaky wheel? |
| 41% | MODEL | 5 | A physicist or a fashion designer might work with one |
| 41% | AUTODEALER | 10 | One with a lot of wheels |
| 40% | SPROCKETS | 9 | Wheels with teeth, or a classic "Saturday Night Live" sketch |
| 40% | AIRPLANT | 8 | One might be watered with a spray bottle |
| 40% | SKATE | 5 | Shoe with wheels or a blade |
| 40% | DOG | 3 | Tail ... or one with a tail |
| 40% | POCKET | 6 | *Keys keeper in pants ... or with 15a a term for one's wallet |
| 39% | HOST | 4 | One gifted flowers or a bottle of wine, perhaps |
| 39% | OPENED | 6 | It's done with a browser or a stock price |
| 38% | UNI | 3 | Prefix with "cycle" for a vehicle with one wheel |
| 38% | HEADSET | 7 | Device with a microphone and one or two earpieces |
| 37% | METTLE | 6 | Test one's ___ (be a challenge) |
| 37% | ION | 3 | It's written with a + or - |
| 37% | CARDHOLDER | 10 | One with credit ... or a literal hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across |
| 37% | FRENEMY | 7 | Person who one is friendly with despite a dislike or rivalry |
| 37% | DISH | 4 | One running away with a spoon, in a children's rhyme |
| 37% | AMPULLA | 7 | A round Roman flask or bottle with two handles |
| 37% | HANDLINGCHARGES | 15 | With one's fingers in a socket? |
| 37% | TOUCHINGSTORIES | 15 | With one's fingers in a skyscraper? |
| 37% | FEELINGSUPERIOR | 15 | With one's fingers in a lake? |
| 37% | SEER | 4 | A soothsayer or clairvoyant, one who gazes into a crystal ball (rhymes with "leer") |
| 36% | MEGAFAN | 7 | One with a tattoo of a band's name, say |
| 36% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 36% | VIXEN | 5 | One of Santa's reindeer, or a female fox |
| 36% | COMET | 5 | One of Santa's reindeer, or a celestial object |
| 36% | IDAHO | 5 | One of two U.S. states with a panhandle |
| 36% | HAPPYMEAL | 9 | McDonald's kids' deal with a toy or book |