100% | EAST | 4 | Part of the U.S. that's usually first with election returns |
60% | WEST | 4 | Last part of the country to report election returns, usually, with "the" |
53% | PREAMBLE | 8 | First part of the U.S. Constitution |
52% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | First national park in the U.S. with parts in Wyoming that was featured in the movie "2012" |
51% | NIAGARA | 7 | River that forms part of the U.S.-Canada border |
51% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
49% | MONTHOFMAYBE | 12 | Part of the year that's filled with possibility? |
48% | REAR | 4 | Part of the plane that's last to get off, usually |
48% | THROAT | 6 | Part of the body that's with ear and nose in ENT |
47% | ERICA | 5 | Woman's name that rhymes with a part of the world |
46% | SOLE | 4 | Shoe part that's usually the first to wear out |
45% | DARKNET | 7 | Part of the web that can only be accessed with specialty software |
45% | SHIN | 4 | Part of the leg that rhymes with "fin" |
45% | ICBM | 4 | Part of the U.S. arsenal |
45% | KAISER | 6 | Roll that's an essential part of a typical Austrian breakfast, usually eaten with jam |
45% | MINNESOTA | 9 | Midwestern state that's the first part of an NFL team's name |
45% | TENNESSEE | 9 | Southern state that's the first part of an NFL team's name |
45% | ARIZONA | 7 | Southwestern state that's the first part of an NFL team's name |
45% | ERIE | 4 | Part of the U.S./Canada border |
45% | MIRV | 4 | Part of the U.S. nuclear arsenal |
45% | NSA | 3 | Part of the U.S. intelligence community |
45% | WESTCOAST | 9 | U.S. region suggested by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46-Across |
45% | TAIWAN | 6 | Asian island with the largest economy that's not part of the United Nations |
45% | NEWYORK | 7 | Northeastern state that's the first part of two NFL teams' names: 2 wds. |
44% | KEYS | 4 | Locale for the southernmost part of U.S. Route 1, with "the" |
44% | LIP | 3 | Part of the body that may be plumped with collagen |
44% | OCT | 3 | Part of the U.S. campaign season: Abbr. |
44% | REAGAN | 6 | First U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
44% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye that shares its name with a flower |
44% | SAMOA | 5 | Part of the U.S. south of the Equator |