| 100% | HEADSIWIN | 9 | Start of a statement about a meaningless flip |
| 69% | TOERR | 5 | Start of a statement about divinity |
| 57% | EENY | 4 | Start of a rhyme about a tiger |
| 57% | AMANAPLANACANAL | 15 | Start of a palindrome about a waterway |
| 56% | WEHEARDTHE | 10 | Start of a quip about a hobby group |
| 56% | ODEON | 5 | Start of a poem about a 5 Down |
| 55% | HOWIWISHNATALIE | 15 | Start of a quip about a whimsical celebrity couple |
| 54% | YOUCANTTELLPUNS | 15 | Start of a quip about wordplay |
| 54% | WHERES | 6 | Start of a question about location |
| 54% | DIETSAREFORFOLK | 15 | Start of a quip about weight loss |
| 54% | SOMEPEOPLELIKETOICEIT | 21 | Start of a verse about holiday fruitcake |
| 54% | ITSWHENITTAKES | 14 | Start of a quip about middle age |
| 54% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a saying about staying fit |
| 54% | INONEEAR | 8 | Start of a phrase about inattentive listening |
| 53% | INTHECASEWHERE | 14 | Start of a question about an old proverb |
| 52% | IHATE | 5 | Start of a strong statement |
| 52% | LETSASSUME | 10 | Start of a hypothetical statement |
| 52% | TOBEFAIR | 8 | Start of a diplomatic statement |
| 52% | DAREISAY | 8 | Start of a controversial statement, perhaps |
| 51% | ASFAR | 5 | "I trust him about ___ ..." (start of a leery person's statement) |
| 51% | IFATFIRST | 9 | Start of a quote about creativity by 58-Across/39-Down |
| 51% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal gazer's statement |
| 51% | INRE | 4 | About, at the start of a memo |
| 50% | WHENADENTIST | 12 | Start of a punny quip about two professionals |
| 50% | MANWHOFELLINTO | 14 | Start of a newspaper headline about a workplace mishap |
| 50% | BAABAA | 6 | Start of a nursery rhyme about bags of wool |
| 49% | THEROADNOTTAKEN | 15 | 1916 Frost verse ... or, diverged: Start of a saying about meaning well |
| 49% | THECATTHATSITS | 14 | Start of a Mark Twain quote about jumping to conclusions |
| 48% | THREEYEARS | 10 | Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiography |
| 48% | COINTOSS | 8 | 50-50 flip at the start of a football game |