| 100% | SEMPERFI | 8 | ''First ones in the fight'' Trace Adkins tune |
| 51% | REF | 3 | One in the middle of a fight |
| 48% | OPED | 4 | The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970 |
| 48% | WORD | 4 | The first one in this clue is "The" |
| 47% | BROWSERWAR | 10 | Navigator was in the first one |
| 46% | JAN | 3 | First one of the twelve in the whole year (abbr.) |
| 45% | HBOMB | 5 | The first one went off in 1952 |
| 45% | TEDTALK | 7 | The first one was delivered in 1984 |
| 45% | EMAIL | 5 | The first one was sent in 1971 |
| 45% | HERO | 4 | One who fights the villain in movies |
| 45% | ZOO | 3 | Philadelphia had the first one in the U.S. (1874) |
| 45% | KMART | 5 | The first one opened in Detroit in 1962 |
| 45% | ADAM | 4 | One there in the first place |
| 44% | ALMANAC | 7 | The first one printed in America was in 1639 |
| 44% | YMCA | 4 | The first US one opened in Boston in 1851 |
| 44% | SSN | 3 | The first one was issued in 1936, for short |
| 44% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | London had the first one in 1851 |
| 43% | KMART | 5 | The first one opened in Garden City, Mich., in 1962 |
| 43% | OLYMPICS | 8 | The first modern one was held in Athens in 1896 |
| 43% | RABBI | 5 | The first ordained female one was Regina Jonas in 1935 |
| 43% | OLYMPIC | 7 | The first modern one of these games was in Greece |
| 43% | HERO | 4 | Brave one who fights the villain in movies |
| 43% | MYGIRL | 6 | First number one hit for the Temptations, way back in '65 |
| 42% | COUCHGAG | 8 | The first one appeared in the opening sequence for "Bart the Genius" |
| 42% | MOTEL | 5 | The first one was built in 1925 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. |
| 42% | STATEPARK | 9 | Niagara Reservation was the first one in 1885 |
| 42% | PEACHBOWL | 9 | Louisiana State won the first one in 1968 |
| 42% | MOTHS | 5 | Ones in the closet? |
| 42% | LINENS | 6 | Ones in the closet? |
| 42% | HTIPSTERS | 9 | Ones in the know |