| 100% | EFS | 3 | Beginnings of fame and fortune? |
| 59% | STARDOM | 7 | Fame and fortune |
| 53% | IRENECARA | 9 | Singer of Fame and Flashdance title tracks |
| 53% | SILENTE | 7 | Ending of fame or fortune |
| 52% | WACO | 4 | Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum site |
| 52% | OGOD | 4 | Beginning of many prayers and hymns |
| 50% | WACO | 4 | Home to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum |
| 50% | DAWN | 4 | Beginning of the day and end of night |
| 49% | GAMESHOWS | 9 | "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 49% | EMS | 3 | Beginning and ending of modernism |
| 49% | CEES | 4 | Beginning and ending of colic |
| 49% | SCHWAS | 6 | Beginning and end of "America" |
| 48% | GEORGIE | 7 | __ Fame and the Blue Flames, musicos of the 60s |
| 48% | IBA | 3 | Hall of Fame inductee and basketball coach Henry ___ |
| 48% | ASH | 3 | Beginning and end of a phoenix |
| 48% | HOME | 4 | Beginning and end of many journeys |
| 48% | ALABAMA | 7 | Country band inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019 |
| 47% | DIKEMBE | 7 | ___ Mutombo (2015 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and humanitarian) |
| 47% | ALPHAS | 6 | Beginning and ending of a Greek apologia? |
| 47% | TAROTCARDS | 10 | Wheel of Fortune and others |
| 47% | NASHVILLE | 9 | Tennessee city that's home to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |
| 46% | ALL | 3 | Beginning and end of 20-Across's motto |
| 46% | JANUS | 5 | Roman god of beginnings and endings |
| 46% | AFTER | 5 | Before and ___ ("Wheel of Fortune" category) |
| 46% | LAKSHMI | 7 | Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity |
| 46% | TAROTCARDS | 10 | Wheel of Fortune and the like |
| 46% | COENS | 5 | Ethan and Joel of Fargo fame |
| 46% | VITALE | 6 | Hall of Fame basketball coach and commentator known as "Dickie V" |
| 45% | SLINGS | 6 | "The __ and arrows of outrageous fortune": Hamlet |
| 45% | LAUREL | 6 | Stan __, of __ and Hardy comedy duo fame |