| 100% | TELLA | 5 | "How can you ___...?" (start of a conundrum) |
| 72% | THEART | 6 | Start of a how-to title |
| 70% | FIRE | 4 | What you can start with a book of matches |
| 69% | ICLIMBMOUNT | 11 | Start of a quote on how aging changes nothing |
| 67% | TAKEOFF | 7 | At the start of a flight, you prepare for __ |
| 66% | BAA | 3 | Start of a children's rhyme with the line "Have you any wool?" |
| 64% | ROOT | 4 | Part of a tree you can't see |
| 64% | ABC | 3 | Start of a kids' song that ends "Next time won't you sing with me?" |
| 63% | ALONE | 5 | How you can't sing a duet |
| 63% | DIALO | 5 | How you could get a number, once |
| 63% | CLOTH | 5 | You could make a habit of it |
| 63% | EDGE | 4 | Part of a knife that you could cut yourself on |
| 62% | YEAST | 5 | You can get a rise out of it |
| 62% | TNT | 3 | You can get a charge out of it |
| 62% | MOLEHILL | 8 | You can make a mountain out of one |
| 62% | VISA | 4 | You can get a charge out of it |
| 62% | TNT | 3 | You can get a bang out of it |
| 62% | GSTRING | 7 | Part of a guitar that also names something you can wear |
| 62% | ANGELS | 6 | How many of these can dance on a pin? |
| 62% | SOLEMNLY | 8 | How you would swear in a court of law |
| 62% | OPENINGDAY | 10 | Start of a sports season, and what each half of 17-, 28-, 39- and 48-Across can have |
| 62% | FONT | 4 | A list of choices for how text could look |
| 61% | CUP | 3 | "I could offer you a ___ of tea." |
| 61% | CUP | 3 | "I could offer you a ___ of tea" |
| 61% | MEND | 4 | “How Can You ___ a Broken Heart” |
| 61% | PANE | 4 | Part of a window you can see through, and sounds like "pain" |
| 61% | LIMB | 4 | Part of a tree where you could find a bird's nest |
| 61% | MENS | 4 | Section of a department store where you could find trousers and ties |
| 61% | FIVES | 5 | You could exchange a $20 bill for four of these |
| 61% | ATAB | 4 | You can start ___ at a bar: 2 wds. |