| 100% | BELL | 4 | Instrument that is rung, rung at the beginning of a boxing match |
| 54% | TOSS | 4 | Coin flip at the beginning of a match |
| 52% | ALIBI | 5 | Claim that one was somewhere else at the time of a crime |
| 52% | DEAD | 4 | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| 51% | DNA | 3 | Something that might be left at the scene of a crime |
| 51% | ZERO | 4 | Number that can never be at the bottom of a fraction |
| 51% | LINT | 4 | Fuzz that might be at the bottom of a jeans pocket |
| 50% | PUR | 3 | Water filter brand that can be found at the beginning of "purple" |
| 50% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 50% | GARLIC | 6 | ___ bread, appetizer that might be ordered at the start of a meal |
| 50% | GIMBAL | 6 | Arrangement of pivoting rings that keeps navigation instruments in a horizontal position at sea or in the air |
| 49% | HOBBIT | 6 | "The ___," book that is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" series |
| 49% | SIMPLEMACHINE | 13 | Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across |
| 48% | EXPRESSIONISM | 13 | Art movement that originated in Germany at the beginning of 20th century which is characterized by distorting or exaggerating the subject |
| 48% | DUSTER | 6 | Feathery cleaner at the end of a stick ... and something that is brushed over furniture while cleaning |
| 48% | CASABLANCA | 10 | 1942 film that ends with the line “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” |
| 47% | THEORIES | 8 | "Sandy died at the beginning of Grease" and "Ferris Bueller is a figment of Cameron's imagination," for example |
| 47% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHAI | 4 | Spiced Indian tea that is hidden at the beginning of "chainsaw" |
| 47% | TOPSTORY | 8 | The feature at the beginning of a news program |
| 47% | THUS | 4 | Word at the beginning of a conclusion |
| 47% | TMINUS | 6 | Phrase at the beginning of a countdown |
| 47% | START | 5 | Word at the beginning of a maze |
| 47% | ATTN | 4 | Abbreviation at the beginning of a memo |
| 47% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the beginning of a URL |
| 47% | RINGSIDE | 8 | Choice seating at a boxing match, and a hint to making sense of the peripheral answers |
| 47% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes a different instrument when an "f" is added at the start |
| 46% | ARCA | 4 | Medieval chest for valuables that is hidden at the beginning of "arcane" |
| 46% | KNOCKEDABOUT | 12 | Pooh-poohed the significance of a boxing match? |
| 46% | ENGARDE | 7 | Said at the start of a fencing match |