| 100% | TOERR | 5 | Start of a saying on forgiveness |
| 62% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a saying about staying fit |
| 59% | FOOLMEONCE | 10 | Start of a four-part saying |
| 59% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a brain health saying |
| 59% | BEWARE | 6 | Start of a sign on a gate |
| 59% | HAVINGAFINETIME | 15 | Start of a message on 20-Across |
| 58% | WEWONDER | 8 | Start of a comment on a popular adage |
| 58% | BAABAABLACKSHEEP | 16 | Start of a nursery rhyme on a farm |
| 57% | NOWHEARTHIS | 11 | Start of a PA announcement on a naval ship |
| 57% | ICLIMBMOUNT | 11 | Start of a quote on how aging changes nothing |
| 57% | THEROADNOTTAKEN | 15 | 1916 Frost verse ... or, diverged: Start of a saying about meaning well |
| 56% | ITSABIRD | 8 | Start of a famous saying for Superman spotters: 3 wds. |
| 56% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Start of a message on a Lincoln Center T-shirt |
| 56% | THE | 3 | Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell |
| 56% | ITSAYS | 6 | Start of a sentence said while squinting at small print |
| 56% | SWEARS | 6 | Says on a stack of Bibles |
| 56% | SWEAR | 5 | Say on a stack of Bibles |
| 56% | MYGOALINLIFEIS | 14 | Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09 |
| 54% | SIP | 3 | Start on a draft, say |
| 53% | GOTON | 5 | Started on a piece of equipment |
| 52% | INTRO | 5 | Part of a show that may say "Previously on ... " |
| 52% | INTRO | 5 | Part of a show that may say "Previously on ..." |
| 52% | DEAL | 4 | Start a game of 54-Across, say |
| 51% | ENGARDE | 7 | Said at the start of a fencing match |
| 51% | FOR | 3 | On behalf of a number, say |
| 51% | WHATGOESUP | 10 | Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | ENTREE | 6 | Part of meal on a salver, say |
| 50% | SEAL | 4 | Stamp of authenticity on a document, say |
| 50% | TIMES | 5 | Keeps track of on a stopwatch, say |
| 50% | ROADNOISE | 9 | *Sound of tires on a highway, say |