| 100% | WISDOM | 6 | ''A poem begins in delight and ends in __'': Frost |
| 78% | APOEM | 5 | "__ begins in delight and ends in wisdom": Frost |
| 49% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |
| 48% | FIRE | 4 | "___ and Ice," Robert Frost poem that discusses whether the world will face a fiery end or a frozen one |
| 48% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 47% | ASH | 3 | Beginning and end of a phoenix |
| 47% | AROUNDTHEWORLDINATDAYS | 22 | 1873 adventure novel that begins and ends in London |
| 47% | ALPHAS | 6 | Beginning and ending of a Greek apologia? |
| 45% | TERMINAL | 8 | Where passengers begin and end a journey |
| 45% | STORY | 5 | Tale with a beginning, middle, and end |
| 45% | STORY | 5 | It usually has a beginning, middle, and end |
| 44% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar period that begins and ends with a bang |
| 44% | ABA | 3 | Rhyme scheme that begins a poem in terza rima |
| 44% | ANNABEL | 7 | With 13-Down, titular maiden in a Poe poem that begins, "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 43% | TOSEA | 5 | Where the owl and the pussycat went, in a poem |
| 43% | WOODS | 5 | Snowy locale in a Frost poem |
| 43% | ROADS | 5 | Two ways in a Frost poem |
| 42% | NOTTAKEN | 8 | Like a road in a Frost poem |
| 42% | LIMERICK | 8 | *Humorous five-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often ending in a punchline |
| 42% | VALENTINE | 9 | End of a question begun by part of 19-, 23-, 42- and 48-Across |
| 42% | THREESOMES | 10 | Each answer to a starred clue begins and ends with identical ones |
| 42% | THEROAD | 7 | "Not Taken" place in a Frost poem title |
| 42% | ROAD | 4 | One was not taken, in a Frost poem |
| 42% | BEARAWAY | 8 | Long distance walking route in SW Republic of Ireland that begins and ends in Glengarriff, County Cork |
| 42% | NYSE | 4 | Wall Street trading venue that begins and ends with a famous bell (Abbr.) |
| 42% | ODE | 3 | "___ to Prince, Ending in a Jukebox on Fire in Ohio" (Hanif Abdurraqib poem) |
| 41% | SOH | 3 | Beginning of the phrase ending in "CAH-TOA" which has been a blessing to many trig. students over the years |
| 40% | MADAM | 5 | Palindromic and respectful title for a lady that begins and ends with the letter "M" |
| 40% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Considered one of the best in golf, he was central figure in a controversy that involved infidelity and ended in his divorce: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DOLOR | 5 | Titular feeling called “inexorable sadness,” “misery,” and “desolation,” in a Theodore Roethke poem |