| 100% | ALPHABET | 8 | It starts with "A" and ends with "Z" |
| 88% | RACE | 4 | It starts and ends with a line |
| 74% | REVERIE | 7 | It might end with a start |
| 72% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a start and an end |
| 70% | ICEHOCKEY | 9 | It's played with a puck and starts with a face-off |
| 68% | YEAR | 4 | It starts with a celebration |
| 68% | YEAR | 4 | What starts with January and ends with December |
| 66% | NUCLEARAGE | 10 | It started with a July 16, 1945 blast |
| 65% | SNL | 3 | Show that starts with a cold open sketch that ends with the phrase that includes "... from New York, it's ..." |
| 64% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 64% | ODE | 3 | It traditionally starts with a strophe |
| 64% | ACIDTRIP | 8 | It may start with a tab |
| 64% | BEAUTIFULCRAZY | 14 | 2018 Luke Combs No. 1 country hit that begins, "Her day starts with a coffee / And ends with a wine" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | SSN | 3 | It never starts with a 9: Abbr. |
| 63% | ZOOMMEETING | 11 | It can start with a screen test |
| 63% | KNIFE | 5 | It goes with a fork and spoon |
| 62% | WCFIELDS | 8 | "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" |
| 61% | LYCEE | 5 | It ends with a baccalauréat |
| 61% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | It ends with a dunk |
| 61% | NETFLIX | 7 | Popular service with shows like "The Crown" and "Squid Game" which became a cultural phenomenon after it started streaming in 2007 |
| 61% | ANDORRA | 7 | Country starting with A between France and Spain |
| 60% | EFS | 3 | Start and end of a faceoff? |
| 60% | WATERSLIDE | 10 | It ends with a big splash |
| 60% | FABLE | 5 | It often ends with a moral |
| 60% | JOKE | 4 | It ends with a punch line |
| 60% | ACTI | 4 | It sometimes ends with a cliffhanger |
| 60% | PSALM | 5 | It might end with a doxology |
| 60% | SENTENCE | 8 | It might end with a bang |
| 60% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian city whose name starts and ends with "o" |
| 60% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that starts and ends with O |