| 100% | INDENTION | 9 | Something older authors often start paragraphs with |
| 37% | ROADSIGNS | 9 | They often start with "No" |
| 37% | ERAS | 4 | They often start with elections |
| 37% | URLS | 4 | They often start with https:// |
| 36% | URL | 3 | It often starts with http |
| 36% | URL | 3 | It often starts with www |
| 36% | LIMERICK | 8 | Poem often starting with "There" |
| 35% | BANANA | 6 | With 7-Across, something to start with |
| 35% | PITA | 4 | Something often served with shakshuka |
| 35% | SALTINE | 7 | Something often served with soup |
| 35% | BARECHEST | 9 | Something often seen with trunks |
| 35% | ODES | 4 | Poems whose titles often start with "To a" |
| 35% | WISH | 4 | Something often made with closed eyes |
| 34% | TITLE | 5 | Something that often changes with a promotion |
| 33% | CRAB | 4 | Seafood often seasoned with Old Bay |
| 33% | ASTHENY | 7 | Weakness often associated with old age |
| 33% | SESS | 4 | It often starts with the striking of a gavel, for short |
| 33% | MIMEOS | 6 | Old copies often made with purple ink, for short |
| 32% | ELSE | 4 | Word often with something, anything or what |
| 32% | CRABDIP | 7 | Seafood appetizer often seasoned with Old Bay |
| 31% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 31% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 29% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | Old-fashioned technology with keys that was once used by authors |
| 29% | SIMON | 5 | “Start with Why” author Sinek |
| 29% | SINEK | 5 | “Start with Why” author Simon |
| 29% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 29% | AGE | 3 | "Her ___ has finally caught up with her." ("She is starting to feel old.") |
| 29% | RELIC | 5 | Something old |
| 28% | GODHELPUS | 9 | Something you might hear when the aliens exit their ship and start zapping people with ray guns |
| 27% | ZADDY | 5 | Slang term for an attractive, often older man with a certain je ne sais quoi |