| 100% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (talent show soon to start season 13) |
| 43% | AGT | 3 | American talent show initials |
| 40% | AGT | 3 | American talent show created by Simon Cowell: Abbr. |
| 39% | IDOL | 4 | Talent show for 17 seasons, briefly |
| 38% | POP | 3 | Start to show |
| 38% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hasselhoff, American actor who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 1 to 4 |
| 38% | HEIDI | 5 | ___ Klum, German model who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 8 to 13 |
| 38% | MEL | 3 | ___ B, English singer who was one of the judges on "America's Got Talent" from season 8 to 13 |
| 37% | PERKSUP | 7 | Starts to show interest |
| 36% | PERKUP | 6 | Start to show some interest |
| 36% | GRAYISH | 7 | Starting to show age, maybe |
| 36% | SAG | 3 | Soon a geranium starts to wilt |
| 35% | BLOSSOM | 7 | Start to show one's real potential |
| 34% | CLOUDUP | 7 | Start to show signs of impending rain: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IDOL | 4 | Talent show on TV, "American ___" |
| 33% | DTS | 3 | American company which started as a competitor to Dolby: Abbr. |
| 33% | TWA | 3 | First American carrier to show movies on flights |
| 33% | TEMPER | 6 | Word repeated after someone starts to show anger |
| 33% | IDOL | 4 | Reality talent show "American ___" |
| 33% | IDOL | 4 | Reality talent show, "American ___" |
| 33% | EDNA | 4 | "The Simpsons" schoolteacher Krabappel who is soon to be retired from the show |
| 32% | SUNRISE | 7 | When the sun starts to show above the horizon |
| 32% | SNL | 3 | Comedy show that's had 47 seasons to date: Abbr. |
| 31% | AUDITION | 8 | Opportunity to impress talent show judges |
| 31% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (Fox talent show) |
| 31% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___," reality talent show |
| 31% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___" (TV talent show) |
| 31% | IDOL | 4 | "American ___," TV talent show |
| 31% | HOPESPRINGSETERNAL | 18 | *Alexander Pope phrase appropriate to the start of a sports season |
| 31% | ELLEN | 5 | Her talk show started its 19th and final season in 2021 |