| 100% | ATOMICAGE | 9 | Period that began with a bang? |
| 85% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar period that begins and ends with a bang |
| 78% | APR | 3 | Period that begins with a day of pranks: Abbr. |
| 62% | OMOO | 4 | Novel that begins with a mutiny |
| 62% | RIVERDANCE | 10 | Show that begins with a reel |
| 62% | MEAD | 4 | Beverage that begins with a bee? |
| 62% | PESACH | 6 | Holiday that begins with a Seder |
| 61% | CLUE | 4 | Board game that begins with a murder |
| 61% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | Musical that begins with a beautiful mornin' |
| 61% | OCCIPITAL | 9 | Brain lobe that begins with a vowel |
| 61% | SPACEAGE | 8 | Time period that began with Sputnik in 1957 |
| 60% | LOST | 4 | TV drama that began with a plane crash |
| 60% | PSI | 3 | Greek letter that begins with a silent letter |
| 60% | TEMPEST | 7 | Shakespeare play that begins with a storm, with "The" |
| 60% | APR | 3 | Month that begins with a lot of pranks: Abbr. |
| 60% | HEROS | 5 | ___ journey (arc that begins with a call to adventure) |
| 59% | ERIE | 4 | One of two Great Lakes that begins with a vowel |
| 59% | STARMAN | 7 | 1984 Jeff Bridges film that begins with a UFO crash |
| 58% | AMISTAD | 7 | 1997 movie that begins with a mutiny on the titular ship |
| 58% | SPACEAGE | 8 | Technologically advanced period that began with the launch of Sputnik: 2 wds. |
| 57% | MAKEHAPPY | 9 | Bo Burnham special that begins with a video of him in clown makeup |
| 55% | NASTY | 5 | 1986 song that begins with Janet Jackson shouting, "Gimme a beat!" |
| 54% | SAWIV | 5 | 2007 horror installment that begins with a microcassette being found in the stomach of the villain |
| 54% | PARASITE | 8 | 2020 Best Picture nominee that begins with a son lying his way into an English-tutoring job |
| 53% | RECESS | 6 | Period that often begins with frenzied children pouring onto the playground |
| 53% | EPSON | 5 | Company that began with the development of a printing timer for the 1964 Olympics |
| 52% | HALLOWEENKILLS | 14 | Twelfth installment in the horror franchise featuring 26-Across that began with a 1978 film starring 12-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RAVEN | 5 | Poe poem that begins "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" |
| 51% | POINT | 5 | *Indicate with a finger or period that comes after 18a in Pi |
| 50% | BEFORESUNSET | 12 | Ethan Hawke/Julie Delpy rom-com that begins with an author event in a bookstore (2 wds.) |