| 100% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a soliloquy from a balcony |
| 83% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a plea from a balcony |
| 69% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a famous line from a balcony |
| 63% | ITRIEDTOBUY | 11 | Start of a quip from a hunter |
| 63% | THETOWELSINTHAT | 15 | Start of a quip from a returning vacationer |
| 61% | ICAME | 5 | Start of a boast from Caesar |
| 60% | WHOSAYSIAMNOT | 13 | Start of a quip from an exercisephobe? |
| 60% | ALITTLEMADNESS | 14 | Start of a quote from Emily Dickinson |
| 60% | ALLFORONE | 9 | Start of a quote from 20-Across |
| 60% | EACH | 4 | Start of a quotation from Wendell Berry |
| 60% | HISTORYISMERELY | 15 | Start of a quote from Slaughterhouse-Five |
| 60% | THEUNIVERSEHAS | 14 | Start of a quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 59% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a Hamlet soliloquy |
| 59% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a Juliet soliloquy |
| 59% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a lovelorn soliloquy |
| 59% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a balcony speech |
| 58% | INAMERICATHEYOUNG | 17 | Start of a quip from Court and Society Review, 1887 |
| 57% | DEERSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter from Rudolph? |
| 57% | ALLFORONE | 9 | Start of a famous motto from literature |
| 57% | WHENIWASYOURAGE | 15 | Start of a teaching moment from grandpa |
| 56% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 56% | EDITINGADRAFTOF | 15 | Start of a long-winded musing from an author |
| 56% | OBLADI | 6 | Start of a Beatles title from the "White Album" |
| 55% | ROUNDONE | 8 | Announcement from MC at start of a bout |
| 54% | OROMEO | 6 | Beginning of a balcony soliloquy |
| 52% | TWAS | 4 | Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
| 52% | FLASHBACK | 9 | A book scene from before the start of the story |
| 50% | WORKFLOW | 8 | Order of processes from start to end of a job |
| 50% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which players subtract from a starting score of 501 |
| 49% | ADOPTED | 7 | Not a part of from the start |