| 100% | ONSET | 5 | First occurrence, as of a symptom |
| 79% | ONSET | 5 | First appearance, as of symptoms |
| 79% | ONSET | 5 | First indication, as of symptoms |
| 72% | ONSET | 5 | First appearance, as of cold symptoms |
| 65% | ONSET | 5 | Beginning, as of symptoms |
| 65% | ONSET | 5 | Start, as of symptoms |
| 64% | ONSET | 5 | Earliest stage, as of symptoms |
| 64% | ONSET | 5 | Initial stage, as of symptoms |
| 64% | ONSET | 5 | Very beginning, as of symptoms |
| 64% | ONSET | 5 | Early stage, as of symptoms |
| 60% | ONSET | 5 | Beginning, as of symptoms or summer weather |
| 59% | ONSET | 5 | Beginning, as of cold symptoms |
| 59% | ONSET | 5 | Initial stage, as of symptoms (anagram of "notes") |
| 55% | PEEP | 4 | First appearance, as of dawn |
| 55% | ONSET | 5 | First appearance, as of illness |
| 54% | ONSET | 5 | First appearance, as of the flu |
| 54% | ONSET | 5 | First stage, as of an illness |
| 54% | PARTI | 5 | First installment, as of The Godfather |
| 53% | LOCKJAW | 7 | Common first symptom of tetanus |
| 52% | KENYATTA | 8 | First President of Kenya as an independent nation |
| 51% | ROBERTOALOMAR | 13 | First Hall of Famer inducted as a Blue Jay |
| 51% | GORDON | 6 | First name of the singer better known as Sting |
| 51% | DEBUT | 5 | First appearance, as of an actor in a movie |
| 51% | PERICLES | 8 | Known as the first citizen of Athens |
| 50% | NEAP | 4 | Occurrence after the first and third quarters of the moon |
| 50% | ERNIE | 5 | First name of the character known as "Coach" from "Cheers" |
| 50% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald known as the First Lady of Song |
| 50% | EVA | 3 | Perón who served as First Lady of Argentina |
| 49% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | First of two films featuring 56-Across as God (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CARY | 4 | First name on the cover of the memoir As You Wish |