| 100% | SLATE | 5 | "I would like to start over with a clean ___" |
| 58% | ERASE | 5 | Start over with a clean slate? |
| 44% | ANEW | 4 | Start again with a clean state |
| 44% | RESEED | 6 | Start over with, as a lawn |
| 43% | SEEME | 5 | “I’d like to speak with you,” on a returned exam |
| 42% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 42% | ANEW | 4 | Start with a clean slate |
| 42% | SLATE | 5 | Start with a clean ___ (afresh) |
| 40% | ALSO | 4 | "Car? Sure! I would ____ like a million dollars!" |
| 40% | ALSO | 4 | "Car? Sure! I would ___ like a million dollars!" |
| 40% | GARLICLOAVES | 12 | "Would you like to start with an appetizer? Our breads are especially popular for their aromatic spice ..." |
| 40% | SON | 3 | Like a ___ to me |
| 40% | CROW | 4 | Word after "scare" to refer to a fall staple that would butter you up with "You got me standing tall!" |
| 40% | THEMAN | 6 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you" |
| 40% | DUSTY | 5 | Like a shelf that needs to be wiped clean |
| 40% | DAB | 3 | Pat with a rag to clean up |
| 40% | SHOWME | 6 | "I would like to see it" |
| 40% | DEAR | 4 | Common word to start a letter with |
| 40% | WARMS | 5 | Starts to like, with "to" |
| 39% | NICKS | 5 | Stevie ___, singer who was a member of Fleetwood Mac before having a successful solo career with hits like "Talk to Me" |
| 39% | IDEALLY | 7 | I would point to friend, in a perfect world |
| 39% | DREAMERS | 8 | ''I would like to help __'': Alfred Nobel |
| 39% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a path from Start to Finish |
| 39% | HOSED | 5 | Cleaned with water, like a driveway |
| 39% | SLATE | 5 | Clean ___ (opportunity to start over, metaphorically) |
| 39% | COMEALIVE | 9 | Start to gather energy, like a crowd |
| 39% | ILLNESS | 7 | Complaint I will bring to a head |
| 38% | ROLEX | 5 | Accessory with a starting price of over five thousand dollars |
| 38% | SON | 3 | "He's like a ___ to me" |
| 38% | ASIF | 4 | "___ I would ever agree to something like that!" (highly improbable): 2 wds. |