| 100% | CLOCKIN | 7 | Punch one's time card at the start of the day: 2 wds. |
| 49% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Fraying at the tips of one's hair: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WORKAT | 6 | "They start ___ dawn" ("They start the day's job at dawn"): 2 wds. |
| 46% | OCANADA | 7 | Anthem heard at the start of many hockey games: 2 wds. |
| 46% | RITAMORENO | 10 | EGOT winner who stars in the remake of "One Day at a Time," the original version of which was produced by 55-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | AMANDAGORMAN | 12 | "The Hill We Climb" poet who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 45% | KACEYMUSGRAVES | 14 | "Follow Your Arrow" singer who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | Track athlete and sneaker company cofounder who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 44% | EARLYLEAD | 9 | What the front-runner has at the start of a race (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DAWNRAID | 8 | Huge stock purchase at the start of a day's trading |
| 44% | AMALCLOONEY | 11 | This human-rights lawyer married to an Oscar-winning actor is one of the honorary event day chairs at the 2018 Met Ball: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TORIKELLY | 9 | "Nobody Love" singer who first started posting videos on YouTube at the age of 14: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PHILMICKELSON | 13 | One of 16 male golfers to win at least three of the four majors: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SALVADORDALI | 12 | Spanish surrealist artist whose antiwar painting "The Face of War" was created at the start of WWII: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MEAL | 4 | Consumption of food, at one of the three times a day |
| 41% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Term originating through card games that means to copy the actions of the one before you: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DEADHEAT | 8 | Race outcome when more than one runner finishes at the same time: 2 wds. |
| 41% | INACOMA | 7 | Like the protagonist at the start of "28 Days Later" |
| 41% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation used at the end of the list: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LEFTJAB | 7 | Start of a one-two punch (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ATTHE | 5 | "___ end of the day...": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ATTHE | 5 | "___ end of the day ...": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Longtime Yankees closer who's retiring at the end of the 2013 season: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NOTIT | 5 | Child's shout at the beginning of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 41% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 40% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage with "pearls" at the bottom of the cup: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PEACHPIT | 8 | "Stone" at the heart of Georgia's state fruit: 2 wds. |