| 100% | AMENDMENTI | 10 | Its first word is "Congress" |
| 74% | LET | 3 | First word of Beatles' song ending It Be |
| 63% | ILIAD | 5 | Its first word translates as "wrath" |
| 61% | LISA | 4 | Her first word was "Bart" |
| 61% | QUEUE | 5 | Word pronounced like its first letter (which is followed by four vowels) |
| 60% | IAGO | 4 | Literary character whose first word is "'Sblood" |
| 59% | APRIL | 5 | Its first is for fools |
| 58% | MEXICO | 6 | Its first state alphabetically is Aguascalientes |
| 58% | ISLAM | 5 | Its first pillar is the shahada |
| 58% | OED | 3 | Its last word is "zyxt": Abbr. |
| 58% | RAMADA | 6 | Its first hotel was in Flagstaff |
| 58% | NRA | 3 | Its first pres. was Gen. Burnside |
| 58% | AFL | 3 | Its first pres. was Samuel Gompers |
| 58% | FILA | 4 | Its first endorser was Bjorn Borg |
| 58% | IMAC | 4 | Its first version was egg-shaped |
| 58% | IKEA | 4 | Its first store was in Älmhult |
| 58% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 58% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 57% | ODE | 3 | Its first part is called a strophe |
| 57% | TODOLIST | 8 | Its first item is sometimes jokingly meta |
| 57% | AIDA | 4 | Its first scene is set near Memphis |
| 57% | PANAM | 5 | Its first route was Key West-Havana |
| 57% | TOYOTA | 6 | Its first car was the Model AA |
| 57% | OHIO | 4 | Its first capital was Chillicothe, 1803-10 |
| 57% | AIRMAIL | 7 | Its first stamps were issued in 1918 |
| 57% | ABC | 3 | Its first color series was ''The Jetsons'' |
| 57% | IKEA | 4 | Its first store was in Älmhult, Smaland |
| 56% | APRIL | 5 | Its first day is full of practical jokes |
| 56% | EBAY | 4 | Its first sale was a broken laser pointer |
| 56% | OED | 3 | Its first complete ed. was published in 1928 |