| 100% | ACCESS | 6 | With 16-Across, way leading to a highway |
| 62% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 57% | APPROACH | 8 | Way leading to a place |
| 54% | RAMP | 4 | Access road that leads to a highway |
| 51% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 48% | SEVEN | 5 | With 47-Across, a third way to make 60-Across |
| 48% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 47% | INSIDE | 6 | With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 46% | BANKERS | 7 | With 44-Across, it may lead to a seizure |
| 46% | BUBBLEBUBBLE | 12 | With 72 Across, reason to call a plumber? |
| 46% | SRI | 3 | Lead-in with "Lanka" to mean a country |
| 45% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 45% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 45% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" to mean a Nike rival |
| 45% | KIT | 3 | Lead-in with "kat" to mean a Nestle wafer |
| 45% | REST | 4 | With 16-Across, places to pull over |
| 45% | ATONE | 5 | One way to deal with a sin |
| 45% | HEADON | 6 | Direct way to deal with a challenge |
| 45% | EXIT | 4 | Way to leave a highway |
| 45% | LUCK | 4 | With 15 Across, party you might bring a dish to |
| 45% | TOP | 3 | With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 45% | MAIL | 4 | With 37-Across, perform perfunctorily … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 44% | ONRAMPS | 7 | Ways to enter a highway: Hyph. |
| 44% | FINISH | 6 | With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 44% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
| 44% | CUT | 3 | With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues |
| 44% | COBO | 4 | With 16-Across, where the Pistons used to play |
| 44% | HERESTHEKICKER | 14 | Lead-in to a surprising twist … or a hint to 16-, 22-, 32- and 45-Across |
| 44% | ANAIS | 5 | With 16-Across, a famed diarist |
| 44% | TENNIS | 6 | With 16-Across, a sporting offer |