| 100% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 67% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 63% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 61% | IWANTA | 6 | Start of a request to Santa |
| 61% | YOUVEGOT | 8 | Start of a reassuring phrase ... or the start to 20a, 41a, 55a, or 38d: 2 wds. |
| 58% | WISHI | 5 | "I ___ had a million dollars!" (request to a genie, perhaps): 2 wds. |
| 58% | DEARSIR | 7 | Opening line of a letter to a gentleman: 2 wds. |
| 58% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BEMY | 4 | Start of a 2/14 request |
| 56% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 56% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 56% | HITME | 5 | Request to a blackjack dealer: 2 wds. |
| 56% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 55% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 55% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 55% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 55% | PROBONO | 7 | Free of charge, to a lawyer: 2 wds. |
| 55% | HEY | 3 | "___ Siri ..." (start of a request to a phone assistant) |
| 55% | AREACODE | 8 | Three-digit start of a phone number: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title, "___ of Two Cities": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 53% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a personal trainer's motto (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a fortune teller's report (2 wds.) |
| 53% | TODO | 4 | A list of tasks to be performed: 2 wds. |
| 53% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 53% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | Symbol used at the start of a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CLOUDUP | 7 | Start to show signs of impending rain: 2 wds. |
| 52% | HITME | 5 | Blackjack player's request to a dealer (2 wds.) |