| 100% | CONGEST | 7 | To cause slower flow in traffic or the lungs |
| 43% | REFLUX | 6 | To flow back or return, like acid in the esophagus |
| 36% | SLAY | 4 | Cause to roll in the aisles |
| 36% | OFOLD | 5 | In or belonging to the past |
| 35% | VERSUS | 6 | In contrast to or as the alternative of |
| 35% | DETOURS | 7 | Causes of traffic jams ... or ways to avoid them |
| 35% | ASPHYXIA | 8 | The stop in the flow of oxygen, causing injury |
| 34% | ARTISTICLICENSE | 15 | Interpretive freedom, or the authorization to produce each work in this puzzle? |
| 34% | TRICKLE | 7 | To drip or run down in a small flowing stream |
| 34% | DISRUPT | 7 | Cause a stir in the classroom or courtroom |
| 34% | BELLYACHE | 9 | Pain in the tummy or to moan continuously |
| 34% | SUCCESSOR | 9 | Heir or next in line to the throne |
| 34% | BLOODY | 6 | To be hit in the face may cause this secreting nose |
| 34% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 33% | EQUALS | 6 | Comes to, or is the same as, in math |
| 33% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 33% | SNEEZES | 7 | Reacts to pepper or dust in the nose, maybe |
| 33% | CEPHALIC | 8 | Of, in, or relating to the head |
| 33% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 33% | MAKEMINEADOUBLE | 15 | Bar request ... or hint to the letters in the circles |
| 33% | DUTYFREE | 8 | Place to buy cheap booze or perfume in the airport |
| 33% | SLED | 4 | Something to stand on, or run behind, in the Iditarod |
| 33% | CONFETTI | 8 | Shapes to sprinkle on tables or throw in the air |
| 33% | ANIMAL | 6 | *Creature in the zoo, or what 13a could refer to |
| 33% | MAIN | 4 | River in Germany that flows through Wurzburg to the Rhine |
| 33% | DEMERARA | 8 | River in Guyana flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown |
| 32% | TOURNIQUET | 10 | Device to stop blood flow in a artery or a vein |
| 32% | IRIS | 4 | Goddess who caused the Trojan women to riot in the "Aeneid" |
| 32% | BENGAL | 6 | Player losing to the 49ers in Super Bowl XVI or XXIII |