| 100% | OBSTRUCT | 8 | To block a passage; impede |
| 54% | NAYS | 4 | Verbal dissents that may block a passage |
| 54% | BARRICADE | 9 | Improvised fence used to block a street |
| 54% | BARRICADE | 9 | Improvised defensive wall to block a roadway |
| 52% | SCREEN | 6 | Ornamental panel used to block a window or door |
| 51% | SHAFT | 5 | Passage to a mine |
| 51% | JETWAY | 6 | Passage to a plane |
| 50% | VETO | 4 | Governor's power to block a bill passed by the legislature |
| 50% | FORSTER | 7 | English author of A Passage to India |
| 50% | SEALSOFF | 8 | Blocks access to a zoo? |
| 49% | SEGNO | 5 | Score mark indicating a passage to be repeated |
| 49% | AZIZ | 4 | Main character in A Passage to India, Dr. ___ |
| 49% | CHUTE | 5 | Passage to a laundry room, perhaps |
| 48% | EGO | 3 | Possible block to a compromise |
| 48% | PLUG | 4 | (To) block a hole |
| 47% | CORALINE | 8 | Found a passage to another world in Gaiman's book |
| 47% | AISLES | 6 | Passages in a church, parallel to the nave |
| 45% | LOGGER | 6 | A wooden block tied to the feet of grazing horses |
| 45% | LOUNGE | 6 | Room with a secret passage to the Conservatory |
| 45% | PETDOOR | 7 | Passage to the yard for a dog or cat (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ARISTOPHANES | 12 | Order to Onassis to block a brand of underwear? |
| 44% | STUDY | 5 | Clue room with a secret passage to the kitchen |
| 44% | COMMAS | 6 | Use inverted __ to start and end a quoted passage |
| 44% | DROPCAP | 7 | Elaborate start to a passage |
| 43% | LOUNGE | 6 | Room in Clue with a secret passage to the Conservatory |
| 43% | HORST | 5 | Raised block of the earth's crust, to a geologist |
| 43% | BARRIER | 7 | Structure that blocks one's way to a car park |
| 43% | AZIZ | 4 | "A Passage to India" doctor |
| 43% | ADELA | 5 | "A Passage to India" heroine |
| 43% | ADELA | 5 | "A Passage to India" woman |