| 100% | ACTI | 4 | It starts when the curtain rises |
| 78% | ACTI | 4 | It starts when the curtain goes up |
| 51% | SLUSHY | 6 | When snow on the ground starts melting, it is __ |
| 48% | ACTI | 4 | When the curtains open |
| 46% | ACTI | 4 | It starts when an overture's over |
| 45% | CRISPIN | 7 | "Life starts all over again when it gets ___ the fall" ("The Great Gatsby"): 2 wds. |
| 45% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument when "F" is added to the start of its name |
| 45% | ANTE | 4 | It starts the pot |
| 44% | MEALTIME | 8 | When the stomach starts grumbling |
| 44% | TOMORROW | 8 | When the diet starts, perhaps |
| 44% | MAY | 3 | When the French Open starts |
| 44% | ROOK | 4 | It starts in the corner |
| 44% | MCML | 4 | When the Korean War started |
| 44% | ACTI | 4 | When the curtain first opens at the theater: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DAYBREAK | 8 | When the sun rises and shines |
| 43% | ACTI | 4 | When the story starts on stage |
| 43% | FRI | 3 | When the Sabbath starts in Isr. |
| 43% | AORTA | 5 | It starts at the left ventricle |
| 43% | YULE | 4 | It starts on the winter solstice |
| 43% | FREEFALL | 8 | It ends when the parachute opens |
| 43% | DDAY | 4 | When the Battle of Normandy started |
| 43% | ATNINE | 6 | When the morning shift might start |
| 43% | OVATIONS | 8 | They're often standing when the curtains are lowered |
| 42% | NEVER | 5 | When the sun rises in the west |
| 42% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 42% | KORAN | 5 | It starts "In the name of Allah..." |
| 42% | HORSERACE | 9 | It starts right out of the gate |
| 42% | WERELIVE | 8 | Comment when the shooting starts |
| 42% | INITIALLY | 9 | When it started |
| 42% | OCT | 3 | When the NHL regular season typically starts: Abbr. |