| 100% | ISSUES | 6 | What you may have with mom, dad or an overbearing boss |
| 45% | TEA | 3 | What you might have a ball with |
| 42% | PUMP | 4 | What you might do with gas or a fist |
| 41% | SONGS | 5 | What you might find on an iPod or a walkman? |
| 39% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | ECHO | 4 | Express what someone else has already said (what you might do after strongly agreeing with an idea) |
| 38% | SIS | 3 | What your mom or dad might call your aunt |
| 37% | PEP | 3 | What you may have in your step |
| 37% | GENE | 4 | What you might have for bad eyesight |
| 37% | GREAT | 5 | With 87-Across, what might cost you an arm and a leg? |
| 36% | AHAMOMENT | 9 | What you may have while solving this puzzle? |
| 36% | ACCESSCODE | 10 | What you may have to enter to enter |
| 36% | ARE | 3 | What you may have that I can't? |
| 36% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 36% | RASH | 4 | What you might have when you indulge itchy feet? |
| 36% | AVAILABLECREDIT | 15 | What you may charge with |
| 36% | GLEE | 4 | What you may squeal with |
| 36% | ONES | 4 | What you might pay with |
| 35% | EGO | 3 | You might have an inflated one |
| 35% | REEL | 4 | What you might wind up with |
| 35% | QUARTERBACK | 11 | Football figure, or what you might get from an old pay-phone |
| 35% | HURTLED | 7 | What you may have done on the UAE's Formula Rossa |
| 35% | DINNER | 6 | Evening meal you might have with a loved one |
| 35% | PEARL | 5 | What you may find inside an oyster |
| 35% | AAH | 3 | What you might say to an otolaryngologist |
| 35% | TEA | 3 | You might have a ball with it |
| 35% | STOCKINGCAP | 11 | You might have a ball with it |
| 35% | EASE | 4 | What you might solve a puzzle with |
| 35% | MILES | 5 | What you might buy a flight with |
| 35% | TOE | 3 | What you might test the waters with |