| 100% | DINER | 5 | Royal racket at first in bistro |
| 46% | ERST | 4 | At first, in Frankfurt |
| 45% | MAGNIFICENCE | 12 | Stage play by Howard Brenton first produced at the Royal Court, London, in 1973 |
| 45% | ORIG | 4 | At first, in the OED |
| 41% | APPARENT | 8 | Heir __; first in line of royal succession |
| 40% | WHO | 3 | Player at first base in a famous routine |
| 38% | CANNESOPENER | 12 | First showing at a film festival in France? |
| 37% | SCOTUS | 6 | Group at 1 First Street NE in DC |
| 36% | APU | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who graduated first in his class at Calcutta Technical Institute |
| 36% | OTHELLO | 7 | It was first performed at Whitehall Palace in 1604 |
| 36% | WALDORF | 7 | Salad first created at an NYC hotel in 1896 |
| 36% | ESPYS | 5 | Awards first presented at Madison Square Garden in 1993 |
| 36% | RAP | 3 | Music genre first honored at the Grammys in 1989 |
| 36% | OPENS | 5 | Plays first, as in cards or at a concert |
| 35% | POSITION | 8 | Pole __, in first position at the start of a race |
| 35% | TWO | 3 | Number of graduates in the first class at West Point (1802) |
| 35% | GREY | 4 | Baby portrayer in "Dirty Dancing" whose first name is at 44a |
| 34% | HALL | 4 | Royal Festival ___, venue in London where Elton John first performed songs from "Honky Chateau" |
| 34% | PRINCESSANNE | 12 | British royal who competed in Equestrian at the 1976 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EROICA | 6 | Work first publicly performed at the Theater an der Wien in 1805 |
| 34% | ANISTON | 7 | Polly portrayer in "Along Came Polly" whose first name is at 44a |
| 34% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 33% | MELBA | 5 | Dame Nellie, who sang at the Met for the first time in 1893 |
| 33% | LOPEZ | 5 | Marisa Ventura portrayer from "Maid in Manhattan" whose first name is at 44a |
| 33% | WAMPANOAG | 9 | Native People at the Pilgrims' first harvest celebration in 1621, which inspired Thanksgiving |
| 33% | INITIALLY | 9 | At first |
| 33% | ONBASE | 6 | At first |
| 33% | NEE | 3 | At first |
| 33% | ORIGINALLY | 10 | At first |