| 100% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a stage play (2 wds.) |
| 85% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 79% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play (2 wds.) |
| 70% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 69% | USEIT | 5 | First part of a fitness motto (2 wds.) |
| 68% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a musical (2 wds.) |
| 67% | ACT | 3 | Part of a stage play |
| 65% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | First part of a possible solution in a game of Clue (2 wds.) |
| 64% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play |
| 64% | ACTONE | 6 | First part of a play |
| 63% | SCENEI | 6 | First part of a play's act |
| 61% | ULTERIORMOTIVE | 14 | Part of a hidden agenda: 2 wds. |
| 61% | BEERCANS | 8 | Parts of a six-pack: 2 wds. |
| 60% | FACEMASK | 8 | Front part of a football helmet: 2 wds. |
| 59% | LINTTRAP | 8 | Part of a dryer that catches fuzz: 2 wds. |
| 59% | NAPTIME | 7 | Part of a tot's daily schedule: 2 wds. |
| 59% | NYNY | 4 | Part of a Manhattan mailing address: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 59% | BASSLINE | 8 | Low instrumental part of a song: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SPARERIB | 8 | Part of a rack at a barbecue restaurant: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BIKELANE | 8 | Cyclists' part of a road: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DEFENSIVELINE | 13 | Part of a football team featured in this puzzle: 2 wds. |
| 58% | WEAKLINK | 8 | Part of a chain that's likeliest to break: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DARKMEAT | 8 | More colorful part of a roast turkey: 2 wds. |
| 57% | CUETIP | 6 | Chalked-up part of a pool stick: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ACTII | 5 | Second half of a play segment: 2 wds. |
| 57% | PLOTHOLE | 8 | Part of a movie's story that doesn't make sense: 2 wds. |
| 57% | TURNLANE | 8 | Part of a road where you can't continue straight ahead: 2 wds. |
| 56% | FRIGHTWIG | 9 | Part of a Beetlejuice Halloween costume (2 wds.) |
| 56% | CLOWNMASK | 9 | Part of a Pennywise Halloween costume (2 wds.) |
| 55% | TAPEDECK | 8 | Part of an old car stereo that played cassettes: 2 wds. |