| 100% | WHYS | 4 | Common words at the start of a lot of sentences that my four year old comes out with |
| 38% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 35% | LETSBEGIN | 9 | Words at the start of a lesson |
| 35% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 35% | ENTER | 5 | Word at the start of a maze |
| 34% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 34% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 34% | IMFREE | 6 | Words at the end of a sentence? |
| 33% | TWAS | 4 | Contraction at the start of a sentence |
| 33% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. rarely seen at the start of a sentence |
| 32% | WHOA | 4 | Word at the start of the chorus in "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 32% | CAPISCE | 7 | Word at the end of a sentence to mean "Do you understand?" |
| 32% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 32% | NOR | 3 | Word before "happiness," "majesty" and "fame" at the start of a Shelley poem |
| 32% | PSI | 3 | Greek letter spelled out at the start of a Beatles title? |
| 32% | YET | 3 | Word of foreshadowing, at the end of a sentence |
| 32% | ANTE | 4 | Money that's put in at the start of a poker hand |
| 32% | GARLIC | 6 | ___ bread, appetizer that might be ordered at the start of a meal |
| 32% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 32% | FREEDOM | 7 | It comes at the end of a sentence |
| 32% | BRAINSTORM | 10 | Session with a volley of ideas, or word that starts with the body's grey matter part |
| 31% | NOT | 3 | Word that completely changes the meaning of a sentence |
| 30% | AWE | 3 | Word that describes the feeling you get when your six year old can work out the square root of 97 faster than you can |
| 30% | WRAP | 4 | "That's a ___!" (director's words at the end of a shoot) |
| 30% | NEW | 3 | Word that starts the names of four US states |
| 29% | LAYS | 4 | Brand of potato chips that recently came out with a cappuccino flavor |
| 29% | WAGONEER | 8 | Jeep vehicle that starts with the name of a kid's vehicle |
| 29% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 29% | TOOMUCHTOOSOON | 14 | A lot to deal with right out of the gate |