| 100% | TOERR | 5 | Start of a statement about divinity |
| 77% | HEADSIWIN | 9 | Start of a statement about a meaningless flip |
| 60% | IHATE | 5 | Start of a strong statement |
| 60% | LETSASSUME | 10 | Start of a hypothetical statement |
| 60% | TOBEFAIR | 8 | Start of a diplomatic statement |
| 59% | DAREISAY | 8 | Start of a controversial statement, perhaps |
| 59% | YOUCANTTELLPUNS | 15 | Start of a quip about wordplay |
| 59% | WHERES | 6 | Start of a question about location |
| 59% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal gazer's statement |
| 59% | EENY | 4 | Start of a rhyme about a tiger |
| 59% | AMANAPLANACANAL | 15 | Start of a palindrome about a waterway |
| 59% | DIETSAREFORFOLK | 15 | Start of a quip about weight loss |
| 59% | SOMEPEOPLELIKETOICEIT | 21 | Start of a verse about holiday fruitcake |
| 59% | ITSWHENITTAKES | 14 | Start of a quip about middle age |
| 59% | USEIT | 5 | Start of a saying about staying fit |
| 59% | INONEEAR | 8 | Start of a phrase about inattentive listening |
| 58% | WEHEARDTHE | 10 | Start of a quip about a hobby group |
| 58% | ODEON | 5 | Start of a poem about a 5 Down |
| 58% | INTHECASEWHERE | 14 | Start of a question about an old proverb |
| 58% | WHENADENTIST | 12 | Start of a punny quip about two professionals |
| 57% | BAABAA | 6 | Start of a nursery rhyme about bags of wool |
| 57% | MANWHOFELLINTO | 14 | Start of a newspaper headline about a workplace mishap |
| 57% | HOWIWISHNATALIE | 15 | Start of a quip about a whimsical celebrity couple |
| 56% | THECATTHATSITS | 14 | Start of a Mark Twain quote about jumping to conclusions |
| 56% | IFATFIRST | 9 | Start of a quote about creativity by 58-Across/39-Down |
| 55% | THREEYEARS | 10 | Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiography |
| 52% | TOERRISHUMAN | 12 | Start of a Pope line about fallibility ... as shown by 19-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across? |
| 51% | INRE | 4 | About, at the start of a memo |
| 51% | WHATGOESUP | 10 | Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | VENI | 4 | Start of a boast |