| 100% | MEM | 3 | First letter of "menorah," in Hebrew |
| 70% | ALEPH | 5 | First letter of Hebrew alphabet |
| 69% | ALEPH | 5 | First letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
| 69% | TSE | 3 | First letter of "tsar" in Russian |
| 67% | ALEPH | 5 | First letter in Hebrew |
| 65% | ALEPH | 5 | First letter in the Hebrew alphabet |
| 65% | TSE | 3 | The first letter of "tsar," in Cyrillic |
| 64% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 63% | PSI | 3 | First letter in the Greek spelling of "Psyche" |
| 62% | TAU | 3 | First letter in the fourth quarter of the Greek alphabet |
| 60% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 56% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters |
| 55% | INITIAL | 7 | First letter of name |
| 55% | ELL | 3 | First letter of Love |
| 55% | ABC | 3 | First letters of alphabet |
| 55% | XXXXX | 5 | Shape of the first and last letters in the Subway logo |
| 55% | TEE | 3 | First letter of this shape |
| 55% | ESS | 3 | First letter of "superpower," phonetically |
| 55% | VEE | 3 | First letter of "violet," phonetically |
| 55% | ESS | 3 | First letter of "sound," phonetically |
| 55% | CEE | 3 | First letter of "car," phonetically |
| 55% | ELL | 3 | First letter of "look," phonetically |
| 55% | ABC | 3 | First letters of the alphabet |
| 54% | ALPHA | 5 | First letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 54% | ALIF | 4 | First letter of the Arabic alphabet |
| 54% | ALIF | 4 | First letter of the Urdu alphabet |
| 53% | BLUE | 4 | Color of the first letter in the Google logo |
| 53% | PHI | 3 | First letter of the academic honor society |
| 53% | ALFA | 4 | First letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet |