| 100% | AUGUST | 6 | Month that marks the start of Virgo season |
| 58% | EQUINOX | 7 | Astronomical event that marks the start of autumn |
| 58% | EROICA | 6 | Work that marked the start of musical Romanticism |
| 57% | EQUINOX | 7 | Event that marks the start of spring or autumn |
| 49% | USHERIN | 7 | Mark the start of |
| 46% | EID | 3 | Annual Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan |
| 46% | MAYDAY | 6 | European festival marking the start of summer |
| 45% | MANET | 5 | His works mark the start of modern art |
| 44% | MARCHEQUINOX | 12 | It marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere |
| 44% | TIS | 3 | Start of the season? |
| 44% | WARMUP | 6 | Pre-game exercises that often mark the start of a sports event: Hyph. |
| 43% | TOOTH | 5 | First ___, milestone that might mark the start of solid food in a baby's diet |
| 42% | EID | 3 | Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan |
| 42% | TET | 3 | Holiday that marks the arrival of spring |
| 42% | APR | 3 | The starting of this month sees a lot of pranks, for short |
| 42% | RECAP | 5 | Summary at the start of a new season, e.g. |
| 42% | MTDANA | 6 | Peak that marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite Natl. Park |
| 42% | CUSP | 4 | Point that marks the beginning of a change |
| 42% | BOUNDARY | 8 | Line that marks the limits of an area |
| 41% | OBESE | 5 | Like a "Biggest Loser" contestant at the start of the season |
| 41% | HOPESPRINGSETERNAL | 18 | *Alexander Pope phrase appropriate to the start of a sports season |
| 41% | SUNDAY | 6 | Months that start on __ will have Friday the 13th |
| 41% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of the line that includes "wherefore art thou" |
| 41% | PALEBEACH | 9 | Popular tanning spot at the start of the season? [SEE PREVIOUS CLUE] |
| 41% | FASTANDFURRYOUS | 15 | 1949 short that marked the first appearance of 91- and 110-Across |
| 41% | EROICA | 6 | Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period" |
| 40% | APRIL | 5 | First full month of the Major League season |
| 40% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | Month for the start of Oktoberfest in Munich |
| 40% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese holiday that marks the arrival of spring |
| 40% | ELM | 3 | ___ Grove, Missouri locale that marked the original starting point for the Oregon Trail |