| 100% | BEALL | 5 | Beginning and end |
| 91% | SCHWAS | 6 | Beginning and end of "America" |
| 91% | EMS | 3 | Beginning and ending of modernism |
| 91% | CEES | 4 | Beginning and ending of colic |
| 90% | ASH | 3 | Beginning and end of a phoenix |
| 90% | HOME | 4 | Beginning and end of many journeys |
| 89% | THERE | 5 | Consolation beginning and ending |
| 89% | EMS | 3 | Millennium beginning and ending |
| 88% | ALPHAS | 6 | Beginning and ending of a Greek apologia? |
| 88% | ENS | 3 | Nixon's beginning and end |
| 87% | ALL | 3 | Beginning and end of 20-Across's motto |
| 87% | EMS | 3 | Millennium, at the beginning and end? |
| 86% | SCHWA | 5 | "America" begins and ends with this |
| 86% | XES | 3 | "Xerox" begins and ends with them |
| 86% | RAGES | 5 | The beginning and end of rampages, fittingly? |
| 85% | TERMINAL | 8 | Where passengers begin and end a journey |
| 85% | ESSES | 5 | What sitcoms always begin and end with? |
| 85% | XES | 3 | Letters that "Xanax" begins and ends with |
| 83% | SEPIA | 5 | Tone of ''The Wizard of Oz'' beginning and end |
| 82% | AROUNDTHEWORLDINATDAYS | 22 | 1873 adventure novel that begins and ends in London |
| 82% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar period that begins and ends with a bang |
| 82% | ALL | 3 | Word that begins and ends the Three Musketeers’ motto |
| 82% | BACH | 4 | "The beginning and end of all music," per Max Reger |
| 82% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | Character seen at the beginning and end of "Star Wars" |
| 81% | RENT | 4 | Tony-winning musical that begins and ends on Christmas Eve |
| 81% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 81% | NAAN | 4 | Indian flatbread that begins and ends with the letter "N" |
| 81% | EWE | 3 | Female sheep that begins and ends with the letter "E" |
| 80% | TIGHT | 5 | Skinny jeans fit, that begins and ends with the letter "T" |
| 80% | AREPA | 5 | Traditional Columbian dish that begins and ends with the letter "A" |