| 100% | BAS | 3 | How relief begins, sometimes |
| 47% | ASPIRIN | 7 | Relief provider, sometimes |
| 44% | ATAPRICE | 8 | How fame comes, sometimes |
| 43% | ACRO | 4 | How one phobia begins |
| 43% | ONEND | 5 | How hair sometimes stands |
| 42% | TOETOTOE | 8 | How boxers sometimes stand (Hyph.) |
| 41% | DAYO | 4 | How "The Banana Boat Song" begins |
| 41% | CHEEKTOCHEEK | 12 | How Fred and Ginger sometimes danced |
| 41% | ONICE | 5 | How shrimp cocktail is sometimes served |
| 40% | SIR | 3 | How every letter to The Economist begins |
| 40% | BIGBANG | 7 | How it all began, in cosmic theory |
| 40% | WRYLY | 5 | How Stephen Colbert sometimes speaks |
| 40% | MONTHTOMONTH | 12 | How apartment leases sometimes run |
| 40% | FACEUP | 6 | How cards are sometimes dealt |
| 39% | ICANT | 5 | "___ begin to tell you how....": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ONCEUPON | 8 | __ a time, how many stories begin |
| 38% | BIGBANG | 7 | Theory on how the universe began |
| 38% | END | 3 | It lays the foundation for a new beginning, sometimes |
| 38% | DONUTPILLOW | 11 | Cushion sometimes used for tailbone pain relief |
| 36% | ONEBYONE | 8 | How the ants begin marching, in a children's song |
| 36% | BANG | 4 | The Big ___, theory for how the Universe began |
| 35% | BIGBANG | 7 | One of the theories of how the universe began |
| 32% | TGIF | 4 | How you may spell ''Relief!'' |
| 32% | SPELL | 5 | "How do you _____ relief?" |
| 31% | WHEREDOISTART | 13 | "How to begin unpacking this?" |
| 31% | OXFAM | 5 | Charitable organization that began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in 1942 |
| 31% | OXFAM | 5 | Charitable organisation that began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in 1942 |
| 30% | LIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | It traditionally begins "How many..." |
| 27% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | 2019 music biopic that tells the story of how 17-Across began collaborating with 27-Across |
| 27% | ALMS | 4 | Relief |