| 100% | ELAINE | 6 | May first? |
| 78% | BASEMEN | 7 | They may play first |
| 76% | STAMP | 5 | It may travel first-class |
| 76% | EGG | 3 | This may have come first |
| 76% | PARK | 4 | It may be above first |
| 76% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | It may be picked first |
| 76% | DATES | 5 | First ones might be awkward |
| 75% | WONG | 4 | *Anna May ___, first Chinese American Hollywood movie star |
| 75% | ACTII | 5 | It may follow the first intermission |
| 74% | BADGE | 5 | First thing a cop might show |
| 73% | ERROR | 5 | It may get you to first base |
| 73% | MAMA | 4 | What may be baby's first word |
| 73% | NAME | 4 | It may be first, middle, or last |
| 73% | INKERASER | 9 | What may negate a bad first impression? |
| 71% | APRIL | 5 | You may be fooled on its first day |
| 70% | EDITION | 7 | A book collector might seek a first one |
| 70% | MUG | 3 | Drinking cup that might say "But first, coffee" |
| 70% | FLIRT | 5 | What you might do on a first date |
| 70% | SENSE | 5 | This puzzle might not make it at first |
| 70% | NERVOUS | 7 | How you might feel before a first date |
| 70% | INTROS | 6 | They might be first on the agenda, briefly |
| 69% | SALLYRIDE | 9 | First American woman in space, born May 26, 1951 |
| 69% | WONG | 4 | Anna May ___, Hollywood's first Chinese American film celebrity |
| 68% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first caller may be on |
| 68% | STARLINER | 9 | Boeing spacecraft first launched in May 2022 |
| 68% | METGALA | 7 | Ball on the first Monday in May |
| 68% | ONADARE | 7 | How someone might sky-dive for the first time |
| 68% | ONIONSOUP | 9 | First course that might have Gruyère floating on top |
| 68% | UMP | 3 | Official who might work at first base, for short |
| 68% | STEP | 4 | "Pierce film with fork" might be the first one |