| 100% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 82% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 76% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play (2 wds.) |
| 72% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play |
| 68% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a stage play (2 wds.) |
| 67% | ACTONE | 6 | Part of a play with the opening scene |
| 66% | ULTERIORMOTIVE | 14 | Part of a hidden agenda: 2 wds. |
| 66% | BEERCANS | 8 | Parts of a six-pack: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ACTI | 4 | Opening of a Shakespeare play (2 wds.) |
| 65% | TOPSTORY | 8 | Opening segment of a newscast: 2 wds. |
| 65% | BIKELANE | 8 | Cyclists' part of a road: 2 wds. |
| 63% | LINTTRAP | 8 | Part of a dryer that catches fuzz: 2 wds. |
| 63% | NAPTIME | 7 | Part of a tot's daily schedule: 2 wds. |
| 63% | NYNY | 4 | Part of a Manhattan mailing address: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 63% | SPARERIB | 8 | Part of a rack at a barbecue restaurant: 2 wds. |
| 63% | ACTII | 5 | Second half of a play segment: 2 wds. |
| 63% | BASSLINE | 8 | Low instrumental part of a song: 2 wds. |
| 63% | FACEMASK | 8 | Front part of a football helmet: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DEFENSIVELINE | 13 | Part of a football team featured in this puzzle: 2 wds. |
| 62% | WEAKLINK | 8 | Part of a chain that's likeliest to break: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DARKMEAT | 8 | More colorful part of a roast turkey: 2 wds. |
| 62% | CUETIP | 6 | Chalked-up part of a pool stick: 2 wds. |
| 61% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a plan: 2 wds. |
| 61% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a plot: 2 wds. |
| 61% | PLOTHOLE | 8 | Part of a movie's story that doesn't make sense: 2 wds. |
| 61% | TURNLANE | 8 | Part of a road where you can't continue straight ahead: 2 wds. |
| 60% | IDO | 3 | Part of a wedding exchange (2 wds.) |
| 60% | DEARSIR | 7 | Opening line of a letter to a gentleman: 2 wds. |
| 59% | TAPEDECK | 8 | Part of an old car stereo that played cassettes: 2 wds. |
| 59% | BSIDE | 5 | The part of a 45 record that probably wasn't the hit: 2 wds. |