| 100% | ANALOGUE | 8 | Signal, the predecessor to a digital radio signal |
| 50% | TUNEIN | 6 | Turn the dial to a radio station |
| 44% | BEATLES | 7 | The ___, 1960 English rock band who were a predecessor to modern boy bands |
| 44% | JACKSON | 7 | The ___ 5, '70s pop group who were a predecessor to modern boy bands |
| 43% | BLAST | 5 | Crank up to the highest volume, like a radio |
| 42% | FLAREGUN | 8 | Use this to shoot a distress signal in the air |
| 41% | DENMARK | 7 | The home to a Dane |
| 41% | DOOR | 4 | The entrance to a house |
| 41% | DIRECTION | 9 | The way to a destination |
| 40% | VCR | 3 | Predecessor to a DVD player: Abbr. |
| 40% | RESOLVE | 7 | To find the solution to a problem |
| 40% | VENACAVA | 8 | The way to a person's heart? |
| 40% | AMEN | 4 | The answer to a preacher's prayers? |
| 40% | DEATHANDTAXIS | 13 | The inevitable, to a cabby? |
| 40% | RIFFRAFF | 8 | The mob, to a snob |
| 40% | ORB | 3 | The sun, to a sonneteer |
| 39% | MARKETOPENING | 13 | What ringing a certain bell signals, and a hint to the first words of this puzzle's movie titles |
| 39% | SCENERY | 7 | The background to a stage play, the setting |
| 39% | CROW | 4 | Signal the dawn, in a way |
| 39% | APORT | 5 | To the left, to a sailor |
| 39% | ASTERN | 6 | To the rear, to a salt |
| 39% | APORT | 5 | To the left, to a mariner |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The alphabet, to a first-grader |
| 39% | OYSTER | 6 | The world, to a go-getter? |
| 39% | PASS | 4 | Throw the ball to a teammate |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The letters, to a young child |
| 39% | PASS | 4 | Kick the ball to a teammate |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The letters, to a beginning reader |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The alphabet, to a little kid |
| 39% | ABCS | 4 | The alphabet, to a young child |