| 100% | BCS | 3 | Group of football games played at the beginning of Jan. |
| 50% | ANTES | 5 | Chips at the beginning of a poker game |
| 49% | READY | 5 | Word flashed at the beginning of some video games |
| 49% | START | 5 | Screen at the beginning of a video game, usually |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | Money put in at the beginning of a card game |
| 47% | NOTIT | 5 | Child's shout at the beginning of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 47% | HIDES | 5 | What only one person does, at the beginning of a game of sardines |
| 47% | COIN | 4 | It's tossed at the start of a football game |
| 47% | COINTOSS | 8 | 50-50 flip at the start of a football game |
| 46% | GNR | 3 | Group still scheduled to play at the Estereo Picnic, Bogota, Colombia on December 6 of this year (abbr.) |
| 46% | HAILMARY | 8 | Long, desperate pass at the end of a football game: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DALY | 4 | Actor Tim who plays a football team owner on the revival of "The Game" |
| 44% | SNAP | 4 | What a center will do to a football at the start of a play |
| 44% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. that plays home football games at the Rose Bowl |
| 44% | USC | 3 | Sch. that plays home football games at the L.A. Coliseum |
| 43% | KENO | 4 | Game played at the Mirage |
| 43% | PRIDE | 5 | With 57-Across, time period honoring the group hinted at by the beginning of the starred clues |
| 41% | TOPSTORY | 8 | The feature at the beginning of a news program |
| 41% | GANDALF | 7 | Visitor at the beginning of "The Hobbit" |
| 41% | DIG | 3 | Jobsite at the beginning of "Jurassic Park" |
| 41% | HEADNOTES | 9 | Short summaries at the beginning of articles |
| 41% | THUS | 4 | Word at the beginning of a conclusion |
| 41% | TMINUS | 6 | Phrase at the beginning of a countdown |
| 41% | HARDC | 5 | Consonant sound at the beginning of consonant |
| 41% | START | 5 | Word at the beginning of a maze |
| 41% | ADS | 3 | Promos at the beginning of many podcasts |
| 41% | EDEN | 4 | Garden at the beginning of "Good Omens" |
| 41% | MANAPES | 7 | Creatures seen at the beginning of 2001 |
| 41% | ATTN | 4 | Abbreviation at the beginning of a memo |
| 41% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the beginning of a URL |