| 100% | TEMPEST | 7 | Shakespeare play that starts with a storm, with "The" |
| 85% | TEMPEST | 7 | Shakespeare play that begins with a storm, with "The" |
| 59% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of the Bible that starts with a silent letter |
| 58% | JUDE | 4 | "Hey ___," iconic song by The Beatles that starts with a greeting |
| 57% | DELILAH | 7 | "Hey There ___," ballad by the Plain White T's that starts with a greeting |
| 56% | LIKEAPRAYER | 11 | Madonna hit that starts with the lyric "Life is a mystery" |
| 55% | WAGONEER | 8 | Jeep vehicle that starts with the name of a kid's vehicle |
| 55% | LOOK | 4 | "Hey ___ Ma, I Made It," pop anthem by Panic! At The Disco that starts with a greeting |
| 54% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 53% | SNL | 3 | Show that starts with a cold open sketch that ends with the phrase that includes "... from New York, it's ..." |
| 52% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 52% | LOU | 3 | Dobbs who suggested that the US should start a war with China |
| 51% | GONG | 4 | A massive bell that is hit with a mallet, usually used to signify the start of something |
| 51% | TYCOON | 6 | Leader that rhymes with a storm |
| 51% | POOL | 4 | Game that starts with a break |
| 50% | PRIMEREALESTATE | 15 | Asset that's all about "location, location, location" ... with a hint to the starts of 21-, 26- and 49-Across |
| 50% | LLAMA | 5 | Animal that starts with a double letter |
| 50% | HASHTAG | 7 | Twitter topic that starts with a # symbol |
| 50% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Beatles song that starts with a color |
| 49% | FIFTEENMEN | 10 | Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" |
| 49% | APR | 3 | First month that starts with a vowel: Abbr. |
| 49% | GNOME | 5 | Lawn ornament that starts with a silent letter |
| 49% | BRAINSTORM | 10 | Session with a volley of ideas, or word that starts with the body's grey matter part |
| 49% | KICKOFF | 7 | Play that starts a football game |
| 49% | MUCHADOABOUT | 12 | "___ Nothing," a 1993 film based on a Shakespeare play, in which Keanu Reeves starred with the likes of Denzel Washington: 3 wds. |
| 49% | ALITTLEMADNESS | 14 | Start of a poem by Emily Dickinson that continues "But God be with the Clown, / Who ponders this tremendous scene" |
| 49% | HITANDRUN | 9 | Baseball strategy that starts with a stolen base attempt |
| 49% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Basketball play that ends with a slam dunk (Hyph.) |
| 49% | WHYS | 4 | Common words at the start of a lot of sentences that my four year old comes out with |
| 49% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare play that inspired a Verdi opera |