| 100% | OED | 3 | Its first two vols. covered 43-Across |
| 43% | ATMS | 4 | Antarctica got its first two in 1998 |
| 43% | EVIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 43% | EDIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 43% | EVIE | 4 | Nickname that sounds like its first two letters |
| 42% | CRASS | 5 | Rude … or, without its first two letters, rude person |
| 41% | ALCOA | 5 | Its first two letters are the chemical symbol for what it produces |
| 41% | EDIE | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 41% | EVIE | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters |
| 41% | ICEE | 4 | Frozen drink brand that sounds like its first two letters |
| 41% | TIVO | 4 | Its first logo had two feet and antennae |
| 41% | ESSENCEMAGAZINE | 15 | Its first cover, in 1970, said "Dynamite Afros" |
| 40% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 40% | OED | 3 | Its first vol., A-Ant, was published in 1884 |
| 40% | PEOPLE | 6 | Its first issue featured Mia Farrow on the cover |
| 40% | TVGUIDE | 7 | Its first cover showed the infant Desi Arnaz Jr. |
| 40% | PEOPLE | 6 | Mia Farrow was on its first cover |
| 39% | MSMAGAZINE | 10 | The goddess Kali appeared on its first cover |
| 39% | TVGUIDE | 7 | Desi Arnaz Jr. was on its first cover |
| 39% | FLOPSWEAT | 9 | It sometimes covers first-time performers |
| 39% | MAD | 3 | Its first cover identified it as "Humor in a Jugular Vein" |
| 38% | METS | 4 | M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds |
| 37% | GROUPON | 7 | Its first offer was a two-pizzas-for-the-price-of-one deal |
| 37% | HILO | 4 | City whose first two letters are its state's postal abbreviation |
| 37% | BUFFALOBILL | 11 | One of the first two ''American superstars,'' per 34 Across' book |
| 37% | ANNIEOAKLEY | 11 | One of the first two ''American superstars,'' per 34 Across' book |
| 36% | EURO | 4 | Its symbol resembles a C with two lines across the center |
| 35% | ELLE | 4 | Catherine Deneuve was on its first U.S. cover |
| 35% | OED | 3 | Book whose first vol. covered A to Ant |
| 34% | SAT | 3 | High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components |