| 100% | HEARTBURN | 9 | Yearn to follow compassion in complaint |
| 41% | EVENTUAL | 8 | Expected to follow in the future |
| 41% | TRAIL | 5 | Thing to follow in the woods |
| 41% | FOOTPATH | 8 | What to follow in the forest |
| 41% | SUIT | 4 | Something to follow, in cards |
| 40% | LEAVENOTRACE | 12 | Good motto to follow in a National Park |
| 40% | STREET | 6 | Way to follow Regent in London |
| 38% | SHADOWING | 9 | Following someone in their job to gain experience |
| 38% | PINGPONGTABLE | 13 | Another place to follow the object named in the circled letters |
| 37% | TODO | 4 | ___ list (List of resolutions to follow in the New Year, perhaps): Hyph. |
| 35% | MUFASA | 6 | Title character in a follow-up to “The Lion King” |
| 35% | KARAOKESCREEN | 13 | One place to follow the object named in the circled letters (reading left to right) |
| 35% | BEE | 3 | Contest in which the rules must be followed to the letter? |
| 35% | PRIMEDIRECTIVE | 14 | Guiding principle to be followed above all else, in “Star Trek” |
| 34% | NOCHASER | 8 | Follow-up to "Straight" in some bar orders |
| 33% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 33% | READMUSIC | 9 | Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 33% | TURNSIGNAL | 10 | Automotive safety feature represented (and to be followed) eight times in this puzzle |
| 32% | MATE | 4 | Aussie pal, or what can follow each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | GIANT | 5 | ___ Pandas, China's gift to the US following President Nixon's visit in 1972 |
| 32% | UNICEF | 6 | Org. established in response to the refugee crisis that followed the Second World War |
| 32% | ABIDE | 5 | To follow rules |
| 32% | LAA | 3 | "... ___ note to follow so" or part of a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HEARTBURN | 9 | Compassion gets bishop to run off in pain |
| 32% | PAINT | 5 | 1966 Rolling Stones hit ... or an instruction to be followed four times in this puzzle |
| 32% | WHEREARTTHOU | 12 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | LONG | 4 | Yearn to be extensive |
| 32% | MISS | 4 | Yearn to see again |
| 31% | DRIVERS | 7 | Those who should follow the advice in the sounded-out answers to the five starred clues |
| 31% | PURSUE | 6 | To follow or chase after |