| 100% | POSITION | 8 | Pole __, in first position at the start of a race |
| 58% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 54% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 53% | WHOA | 4 | Word at the start of the chorus in "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 50% | EARLYLEAD | 9 | What the front-runner has at the start of a race (2 wds.) |
| 50% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 49% | TAKEOFF | 7 | At the start of a flight, you prepare for __ |
| 49% | FAVOR | 5 | *Cry at the start of a vote |
| 49% | FYI | 3 | Initials at the start of a memo |
| 49% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the start of a memo |
| 49% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 49% | FYI | 3 | Inits. at the start of a memo |
| 49% | INRE | 4 | About, at the start of a memo |
| 49% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score at the start of a set |
| 49% | TWAS | 4 | Contraction at the start of a sentence |
| 49% | LETSBEGIN | 9 | Words at the start of a lesson |
| 49% | EPIGRAPH | 8 | Quotation at the start of a chapter |
| 49% | LOVEALL | 7 | Score at the start of a match |
| 49% | ANDWERELIVE | 11 | Phrase at the start of a broadcast |
| 49% | EAT | 3 | Urging at the start of a meal |
| 49% | ENTER | 5 | Word at the start of a maze |
| 49% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the start of a link |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | Money that's put in at the start of a poker hand |
| 49% | INTROIT | 7 | Song at the start of a church service |
| 49% | DROPCAP | 7 | Enlarged letter at the start of a chapter |
| 49% | YOUIN | 5 | Query at the start of a poker game |
| 49% | FLYLEAF | 7 | Blank page at the start of a book |
| 49% | VAMP | 4 | Repeated passage at the start of a song |
| 49% | IMIN | 4 | Cry at the start of a poker game |
| 49% | CASTON | 6 | Instructions at the start of a knitting pattern |