100% | SILENT | 6 | Like the first "d" in "Wednesday" |
79% | DIGITAL | 7 | The first D in DVD |
75% | EARLIEST | 8 | Like the first in the room |
73% | ASONANT | 7 | Not voiced, as the first "d" in "Wednesday" |
73% | DIRECT | 6 | First D in the financial acronym DD, __ debit |
72% | TENTH | 5 | Like the first extra inning in a baseball game |
70% | NEMEAN | 6 | Like the beast in Hercules' first labor |
67% | DISC | 4 | The first "D" in HDD |
67% | NEMEAN | 6 | Like the lion slain in Hercules' first labor |
64% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
61% | RECUT | 5 | Like the 1997 Special Edition of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in which Greedo shoots first |
61% | RETRO | 5 | Like the décor in '50s-themed diners |
60% | MONO | 4 | Like the first LPs |
60% | OLDEST | 6 | Like the first-born |
59% | AWAY | 4 | Like the winning team in every World Series game, for the first time ever (October, 2019) |
58% | INF | 3 | Like the first two "Brandenburg" Concertos |
58% | SWUM | 4 | Like the first leg of triathlons |
58% | YEMENI | 6 | Like the first mocha coffee beans |
58% | NOUN | 4 | What "man" first seems like in the sentence "The old man the boat" |
57% | SOVIET | 6 | Like the first man-made space satellite |
57% | ELDER | 5 | Like the first of two siblings, agewise |
57% | ELEM | 4 | Like the first through fifth grades: Abbr. |
57% | MILD | 4 | Like the first sauce on "Hot Ones" |
57% | LASTING | 7 | Impressions like the first ones |
57% | SWUM | 4 | Like the English Channel for the first time in 1875 |
56% | EVEN | 4 | Like the first prime number (but no others) |
56% | SINGULAR | 8 | Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to 18-, 24-, 51- or 62-Across |
56% | PEOPLEOFNOTE | 12 | Luminaries like the eight featured in this puzzle? (hint: look at their first few letters) |
56% | YALE | 4 | University that awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States |
56% | YALE | 4 | College that awarded the first Ph.D. in the U.S. |