| 100% | ROY | 3 | First three letters of the rainbow? |
| 80% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the alphabet |
| 79% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the English language |
| 79% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the English alphabet |
| 79% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of the Alphabet Song |
| 78% | ESP | 3 | First three letters of the Spanish name for Spain |
| 77% | TUE | 3 | First three letters of the work week's 2nd day |
| 71% | ABC | 3 | First three letters of "The Alphabet Song" |
| 68% | POE | 3 | Fittingly, the first three letters of 32-Across |
| 65% | EEL | 3 | Fish hidden in the first three letters of "electricity" |
| 63% | PHI | 3 | Greek letter, or the first three letters of a Pennsylvania city |
| 62% | XYZ | 3 | Last three letters of the alphabet |
| 62% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | IRA | 3 | First three letters of two neighboring Middle East countries |
| 61% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 61% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper West who dropped the first three letters of his first name |
| 60% | ABCD | 4 | First four letters of the alphabet |
| 60% | ABC | 3 | First few letters of the alphabet |
| 60% | BYO | 3 | First three letters of "drinks not provided" on a party invite |
| 60% | TSE | 3 | First Cyrillic letter of the word tsar |
| 59% | EVA | 3 | Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across |
| 59% | ABC | 3 | The first three letters |
| 58% | ACETYL | 6 | First six letters of the proper name for aspirin |
| 58% | ATOP | 4 | The first 16 letters of the alphabet |
| 58% | HBOMAX | 6 | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 |
| 58% | POM | 3 | Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it |
| 58% | ABC | 3 | First letters of the alphabet |
| 57% | ABC | 3 | First three of the English alphabet |
| 57% | ALPHA | 5 | First letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 57% | ALIF | 4 | First letter of the Arabic alphabet |