| 100% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar period that begins and ends with a bang |
| 60% | NYSE | 4 | Wall Street trading venue that begins and ends with a famous bell (Abbr.) |
| 58% | ATOMICAGE | 9 | Period that began with a bang? |
| 55% | AREPA | 5 | Traditional Columbian dish that begins and ends with the letter "A" |
| 51% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 51% | NAAN | 4 | Indian flatbread that begins and ends with the letter "N" |
| 51% | EWE | 3 | Female sheep that begins and ends with the letter "E" |
| 50% | TIGHT | 5 | Skinny jeans fit, that begins and ends with the letter "T" |
| 50% | EAGLE | 5 | Bald ___, USA symbol that begins and ends with the letter "E" |
| 50% | DAD | 3 | Affectionate term for father, that begins and ends with the letter "D" |
| 50% | MOM | 3 | Affectionate term for mother, that begins and ends with the letter "M" |
| 48% | MADAM | 5 | Palindromic and respectful title for a lady that begins and ends with the letter "M" |
| 48% | APR | 3 | Period that begins with a day of pranks: Abbr. |
| 45% | STORY | 5 | Tale with a beginning, middle, and end |
| 45% | XES | 3 | Letters that "Xanax" begins and ends with |
| 42% | SCHWA | 5 | "America" begins and ends with this |
| 42% | XES | 3 | "Xerox" begins and ends with them |
| 42% | SENTENCE | 8 | It might end with a bang |
| 41% | NYE | 3 | December day that ends with a ball drop and celebrations: Abbr. |
| 41% | RACE | 4 | It starts and ends with a line |
| 41% | ESSES | 5 | What sitcoms always begin and end with? |
| 40% | ASH | 3 | Beginning and end of a phoenix |
| 40% | AROUNDTHEWORLDINATDAYS | 22 | 1873 adventure novel that begins and ends in London |
| 40% | ALL | 3 | Word that begins and ends the Three Musketeers’ motto |
| 40% | ALPHAS | 6 | Beginning and ending of a Greek apologia? |
| 40% | THREESOMES | 10 | Each answer to a starred clue begins and ends with identical ones |
| 40% | RENT | 4 | Tony-winning musical that begins and ends on Christmas Eve |
| 39% | PULP | 4 | "___ Fiction," film whose title begins and ends with the letter "P" |
| 39% | TERMINAL | 8 | Where passengers begin and end a journey |
| 39% | CINDYCRAWFORD | 13 | Supermodel with a trademark mole above her lip and a line of exercise videos that begin with her name: 2 wds. |