| 100% | END | 3 | "It was the beginning of the ___" |
| 100% | END | 3 | "It was the beginning of the ___." |
| 86% | OHM | 3 | Physics unit whose name is pronounced at the beginning of its representative Greek letter |
| 85% | ASP | 3 | Animal that becomes another animal when w is added to the beginning of its name |
| 83% | PSALMONE | 8 | It begins "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly" |
| 83% | BREVITY | 7 | It is the soul of wit |
| 82% | REST | 4 | "Today is the beginning of the ___ of your life" |
| 82% | OPEC | 4 | Qatar left it at the beginning of the year |
| 81% | PAGEONE | 7 | It's just the beginning of the story |
| 81% | CROSSOFGOLDSPEECH | 17 | It was the talk of Chicago, July 1896 |
| 81% | ISTANBUL | 8 | It was the capital of Turkey until 1923 |
| 81% | VARIETY | 7 | It is the spice of life, proverbially speaking |
| 80% | DELHI | 5 | It was the capital of British India after Calcutta |
| 79% | LOGIC | 5 | "___ is the beginning of wisdom ... not the end": Spock |
| 79% | BREVITY | 7 | Shakespeare said it is the soul of wit |
| 77% | WANNSEE | 7 | It is the westernmost locality of Berlin |
| 77% | END | 3 | "It's the beginning of the ___..." |
| 77% | ART | 3 | "___ is not living. It is the use of living" (Audre Lorde) |
| 77% | SHORTI | 6 | It's at the beginning of this clue |
| 77% | SOFTC | 5 | It’s heard at the beginning of “Cecilia” |
| 77% | ORO | 3 | It might be struck south of the border |
| 77% | SHOOTING | 8 | It may be the basis of wishful thinking |
| 77% | SEED | 4 | It might be the start of something big |
| 77% | ARENA | 5 | Its lot is the scene of tailgate parties |
| 76% | SEA | 3 | Poseidon was the god of it |
| 76% | SOUND | 5 | Acoustics is the study of it |
| 76% | IRAN | 4 | Its nuclear program is the subject of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action |
| 76% | PAM | 3 | She was engaged to Roy at the beginning of The Office |
| 76% | SHOE | 4 | It may be on the tip of the tongue |
| 76% | SHOELACE | 8 | It may be on the tip of the tongue |