| 100% | COMMUTE | 7 | Travel to and from work, e.g. from the suburbs |
| 61% | COMMUTES | 8 | Travels to and from work |
| 59% | COMMUTERRAIL | 12 | Bird that travels to and from work? |
| 58% | COMMUTE | 7 | Travel daily to and from work |
| 46% | TOUR | 4 | Travel from gig to gig, e.g. |
| 46% | HEADWEST | 8 | Travel from Kansas to Utah, e.g. |
| 46% | OPERAS | 6 | The Verdi works La traviata and Il trovatore, e.g. |
| 45% | BIGDIPPER | 9 | Part of 17-Across ... and what the circles from A to G depict |
| 45% | EAST | 4 | From Eden to the land of Nod, e.g. |
| 44% | LEASH | 5 | Need to and from the dog park |
| 43% | BEDSPREAD | 9 | Quilt, e.g. ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 43% | TRADE | 5 | Move a goalie from the Philadelphia Union to the Portland Timbers, e.g. |
| 43% | RULEINFRACTIONS | 15 | "In order to divide, invert the divisor and multiply," e.g.? |
| 43% | DOMESTIC | 8 | Flights to and from places in the same country |
| 43% | TRACHEA | 7 | Large tube carrying air to and from the lungs |
| 42% | TAXI | 4 | Travel from the runway to the gate |
| 42% | RTE | 3 | I-85 and I-77 to get from Atlanta to Cleveland, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 42% | PUNS | 4 | The salon names To Dye For and Best Little Hairhouse (both real!), e.g. |
| 42% | MOVIEELEMENTS | 13 | Plot, character, lighting, e.g., and a hint to the starred answers |
| 41% | NERVE | 5 | Bundle of fibers that transmits impulses to and from the brain |
| 41% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert —, poet whose works include How they Brought the Good News From Ghent To Aix and Love Among the Ruins |
| 41% | PERFORMER | 9 | Contortionist, e.g., and, read syllable by syllable, a hint to the starred answers |
| 41% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert —, poet whose works include How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix and The Ring and the Book |
| 41% | MEMES | 5 | Doge and the like (Remember doge LOL!?! Freaking epic!) [Trying to get engagement from Elon on this one. Hope it works!] |
| 41% | MEETMEHALFWAY | 13 | The Black Eyed Peas song from "The E.N.D." with the lyric, "Took my heart to the limit, and this is where I'll stay" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | COMMUTERS | 9 | People who travel to work in the city |
| 41% | POOR | 4 | Steal from the rich and give to the ___ |
| 41% | KNOWYOU | 7 | Getting to __, song from the King and I |
| 40% | TRU | 3 | Drama adapted from the words and works of Capote |
| 40% | CLICHE | 6 | Running to the airport to stop the love of your life from leaving forever, e.g. |