| 100% | LEDE | 4 | Intro, in journalese |
| 62% | IMHO | 4 | View intro in texts |
| 62% | LEDE | 4 | Intro, in journalism jargon |
| 61% | LEDE | 4 | Article's start, in journalese |
| 60% | LEDE | 4 | Start of a story, in journalese |
| 58% | LEDE | 4 | Start of a newspaper article, in journalese |
| 58% | IMO | 3 | Viewpoint intro, in a text |
| 56% | BTW | 3 | Intro to an afterthought, in texts |
| 56% | LEDE | 4 | News story intro, in journalism jargon |
| 55% | LEO | 3 | Roarer in film intros |
| 53% | LEDE | 4 | Intro of a news article, in journalism lingo |
| 53% | ITS | 3 | Word repeated in the "Superman" intro |
| 53% | BOLDLY | 6 | Adverb in the "Star Trek" intro |
| 53% | ATOMS | 5 | Subjects in an intro chemistry class |
| 53% | CAB | 3 | Vehicle in the "Fresh Prince" intro |
| 51% | AGO | 3 | Fourth word in the "Star Wars" intro |
| 51% | BOLDLY | 6 | Infinitive splitter in a "Star Trek" intro |
| 51% | WERE | 4 | Held intro word in an . . . ''Oz'' song |
| 51% | AGO | 3 | Adverb in the "Star Wars" intro crawl |
| 50% | ITS | 3 | Repeated contraction in the '50s TV "Superman" intro |
| 50% | RECAPS | 6 | Intros to "Only Murders in the Building" episodes, for example |
| 48% | IMACOP | 6 | Joe Friday's declaration in the classic "Dragnet" intro |
| 47% | GPA | 3 | A student might bring this up in an intro class |
| 47% | SOUSA | 5 | He's name-checked in the ''Seventy-Six Trombones'' intro |
| 45% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument in the intro to the Carpenters' "For All We Know" |
| 45% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in the intro to Madonna's "Crazy for You" |
| 44% | MRED | 4 | His given name was spelled with horseshoes in the show's intro |
| 44% | AGO | 3 | "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro) |
| 42% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument heard in the iconic intro to the Who's "Baba O'Riley" |
| 41% | FINALFRONTIER | 13 | With "The," what "space" is, in the intro to 5-/58-Across: 2 wds. |