| 100% | VENACAVA | 8 | The way to a person's heart? |
| 70% | STOMACH | 7 | The best way to a man's heart goes through it |
| 65% | VEIN | 4 | Way to a man's heart? |
| 62% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
| 61% | DIRECTION | 9 | The way to a destination |
| 61% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |
| 58% | PAWN | 4 | One on the way to a promotion? |
| 55% | LIFESTYLE | 9 | The way a person lives |
| 54% | ABET | 4 | Lend support to a person breaking the law |
| 54% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 54% | SPY | 3 | Person employed by a government to obtain the enemy's secrets |
| 54% | LIFESTYLE | 9 | The way in which a person lives |
| 54% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
| 53% | AGE | 3 | It's "only a number" to the young at heart |
| 53% | FEARAND | 7 | , 6D & 13D 1972 volume by Hunter S. Thompson subtitled A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream |
| 53% | SEER | 4 | A person who claims to see the future |
| 53% | NURSE | 5 | A person trained to care for the sick |
| 52% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 52% | STANCE | 6 | The way a martial artist stands, ready to fight |
| 52% | DRAPE | 5 | The way a designer shapes fabric to style garments |
| 51% | SIGN | 4 | Speak to a deaf person, in a way |
| 51% | GEM | 3 | "___ of a person" (one way to describe someone) |
| 51% | SPEEDDATING | 11 | Quick way to meet a bunch of people |
| 51% | TBAR | 4 | One way to the top of a mountain |
| 51% | UPONESALLEY | 11 | Suited to a person's strengths |
| 51% | WEBOFLIES | 9 | It's spun by mendacious people ... or a hint to the shaded answers |
| 50% | OWNER | 5 | Person with the deed to a building |
| 50% | INJURY | 6 | Damage done to a person's body |
| 50% | SENSITIVELY | 11 | With care to a person's feelings |
| 50% | UPONESALLEY | 11 | Well-suited to a person's abilities |