| 100% | TOOMUCHOF | 9 | Start of a thought by 29-Across |
| 75% | TOLOVEONESELFIS | 15 | Start of a thought by Oscar Wilde |
| 73% | KNOWLEDGEIS | 11 | Start of a thought by British journalist Miles Kington |
| 64% | IREALLYDIDNTSAY | 15 | Start of a quote by 39-Across |
| 64% | WERELIVINGINAN | 14 | Start of a quip by 67-Across |
| 64% | POETRY | 6 | Start of a quote by 50-Across |
| 64% | LANGUAGEISACITYTO | 17 | Start of a quote by 59-Across |
| 64% | ISIGNEDWITHTHEMILWAUKEE | 23 | Start of a quip by 58-Across |
| 64% | MOSTROCK | 8 | Start of a quote by 102-Across |
| 64% | ISAWANOTICE | 11 | Start of a quip by 44-Across |
| 64% | ADVERTISINGIS | 13 | Start of a quote by 115-Across |
| 64% | FORGIVEYOUR | 11 | Start of a quote by 56-Across |
| 61% | YOUCAMPAIGNIN | 13 | Start of a quote by 1-/73-Across |
| 61% | MYFAKEPLANTS | 12 | Start of a one-liner by 54-Across |
| 60% | WHENIPRONOUNCETHEWORD | 21 | Beginning of a thought by the 72-Across 102-Across 80-Across |
| 60% | MYGOALINLIFEIS | 14 | Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09 |
| 59% | IFATFIRST | 9 | Start of a quote about creativity by 58-Across/39-Down |
| 58% | ITHINKHAILTO | 12 | Start of a quote by 53-Across, when asked to name his favorite song |
| 57% | GOODNEWSBADNEWS | 15 | Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across |
| 57% | ONONEHAND | 9 | Start of a two-part thought |
| 57% | OUTOFTHECRADLE | 14 | Start of a 36 Across poem |
| 57% | WHENLILACSLAST | 14 | Start of a 36 Across poem |
| 57% | OROMEO | 6 | Start of a cry by Juliet |
| 57% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 56% | SHAKESHAKESHAKE | 15 | Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across |
| 56% | THETROUBLEWITH | 14 | Start of a quote by Lily Tomlin |
| 56% | ADOORSWHATADOG | 14 | Start of a quip by 52-Down |
| 56% | CONVENTIONALITY | 15 | Start of a quote by 9-Down |
| 56% | ANYIDIOTCANFACE | 15 | Start of a quote by Anton Chekhov |
| 56% | LIFEISWHAT | 10 | Start of a quote by John Lennon |