| 100% | FLATTIRE | 8 | What a fork in the road might lead to? |
| 52% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 51% | LACKOFEELING | 12 | What pollution in the Sargasso Sea may lead to? |
| 50% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi who said "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 48% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 48% | VERSE | 5 | What might lead to a bridge |
| 47% | OATMEAL | 7 | It might lead to a lump in your throat |
| 47% | ESCAPEPLAN | 10 | What might lead to a breakout success? |
| 47% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | What a person in an emergency might have to make |
| 47% | BEARLEFT | 8 | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| 47% | BONE | 4 | What a dog might bury in the yard |
| 47% | ORDER | 5 | What a judge might seek in the court |
| 47% | HAND | 4 | What a student might raise in the class |
| 47% | TREE | 4 | What a kid might climb in the backyard |
| 46% | LINEDANCE | 9 | What might lead to a row at a party? |
| 46% | ILLUSION | 8 | What a magician might create to fool the audience |
| 46% | VEER | 4 | React to a dog in the road |
| 46% | HALLPASS | 8 | What a student might need to go to the bathroom |
| 46% | ENDNOTE | 7 | What a superscript in a text might refer one to |
| 46% | ETA | 3 | What a clock checker might want to know, in brief |
| 46% | STEAL | 5 | What a base runner might do to the next base |
| 46% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb in a comic may refer to |
| 45% | PGRATING | 8 | What a curse might lead to |
| 45% | STORMDRAIN | 10 | What a gutter may lead to |
| 45% | BROKENLINK | 10 | It may lead to a 404 error page … as represented in 35-Across |
| 45% | AMERICA | 7 | (3/7)...after ["Coming to ___"] 1988 rom-com starring Eddie Murphy...or what may be the third sentence in a romantic story |
| 45% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might want to get at the beach |
| 45% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might try to get at the beach |
| 45% | DEADEND | 7 | What a red-herring path in a maze leads to (2 wds.) |