| 100% | DORADO | 6 | The Road to El __, US drama with Kevin Kline |
| 41% | DORADO | 6 | "The Road to El ___" (animated movie) |
| 39% | DAVE | 4 | 1993 comedy in which Kevin Kline plays the U.S. president |
| 38% | GOODINTENTIONS | 14 | What the road to hell is paved with, supposedly |
| 37% | SCANDAL | 7 | US political drama with Olivia Pope as the focus |
| 37% | RUIN | 4 | The road to ___ |
| 37% | DAWSON | 6 | Guy with a creek in the 90s US teen drama |
| 35% | ALASKA | 6 | Northwestern US state with the motto "North to the Future" |
| 35% | ALBANIA | 7 | Country with which the U.S. goes to war in "Wag the Dog" |
| 35% | AIRI | 4 | "The ___ Breathe" (2007 drama with Kevin Bacon and Julie Delpy) |
| 34% | CHAMPAIGN | 9 | City in Illinois, US, home to the University of Illinois with sister city Urbana |
| 34% | SWING | 5 | With 20 Across, place where your vote actually matters in the US, thanks to the Electoral College |
| 34% | FOOTLOOSE | 9 | 1984 dance drama with Kevin Bacon |
| 34% | SAM | 3 | 1970s ITV drama series with both Kevin Moreton and Mark McManus in the title role |
| 34% | RUIN | 4 | On the road to ___ (doing badly) |
| 34% | BAHN | 4 | Road to the Rhein |
| 34% | ITER | 4 | Road to the Forum |
| 33% | TALLAHATCHIE | 12 | River rising in Mississippi, US, that converges with the Yalobusha at Greenwood to form the Yazoo |
| 33% | REA | 3 | Singer of The Road to Hell, Chris |
| 33% | SHAGGYMAN | 9 | Homeless wanderer in The Road to Oz |
| 33% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 33% | OHIO | 4 | Home to Xenia and Zanesville, the most populous U.S. cities starting with "X" and "Z" |
| 33% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel with the slogan "We Know Drama" |
| 33% | DIAS | 4 | His 1488 voyage opened the road to India |
| 33% | CHRISREA | 8 | Singer of The Road to Hell and Auberge |
| 33% | ITER | 4 | Road to the Forum, e.g. |
| 32% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 32% | SPEEDBUMP | 9 | Hump in the road to prevent driving too fast |
| 32% | PATH | 4 | The road between one place to another |
| 32% | CROSSED | 7 | Walked from one side of the road to the other |