| 100% | BEWARE | 6 | Start of a sign on a gate |
| 65% | PIRATEEARRINGS | 14 | Start of a sign in a costume store |
| 65% | WEWONDER | 8 | Start of a comment on a popular adage |
| 63% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Start of a message on a Lincoln Center T-shirt |
| 63% | TOERR | 5 | Start of a saying on forgiveness |
| 62% | HAVINGAFINETIME | 15 | Start of a message on 20-Across |
| 62% | BEWARE | 6 | ___ of dog (signboard on a gate) |
| 61% | ICLIMBMOUNT | 11 | Start of a quote on how aging changes nothing |
| 60% | THE | 3 | Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell |
| 60% | TRYONE | 6 | Sign on a tray of samples |
| 60% | TAKEONE | 7 | Sign on a tray of samples |
| 59% | BEWARE | 6 | Start of a dog owner's sign |
| 59% | NOSHOES | 7 | Start of a restaurant door sign warning |
| 59% | TUG | 3 | Sign of a fish on the line |
| 58% | MEN | 3 | One of the signs on a bathroom door, for example |
| 58% | NOSHIRT | 7 | Start of a warning sign for restaurant customers |
| 58% | BAABAABLACKSHEEP | 16 | Start of a nursery rhyme on a farm |
| 58% | BEWARE | 6 | Word of caution on a gate |
| 58% | NOWHEARTHIS | 11 | Start of a PA announcement on a naval ship |
| 57% | ADD | 3 | Function of the plus sign on a calculator |
| 56% | GOTON | 5 | Started on a piece of equipment |
| 56% | MYGOALINLIFEIS | 14 | Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09 |
| 56% | ENLIST | 6 | Sign on for a tour of duty |
| 56% | SPINS | 5 | Starts a turn on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 55% | OPEN | 4 | Sign on the front door of a business |
| 54% | TEES | 4 | What golf balls rest on at the start of a hole |
| 54% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Sound that signals the start of trading, on a stock exchange |
| 54% | TAKEONE | 7 | Sign often ignored on a platter of free samples |
| 54% | EIGHT | 5 | Number of sides on a stop sign |
| 53% | OCHO | 4 | Number of sides on a PARE road sign |