| 100% | WENTINTO | 8 | Started doing |
| 87% | GETSDOWNTOCASES | 15 | Starts doing something seriously |
| 87% | REOPEN | 6 | Start doing business again |
| 86% | LETRIP | 6 | Start doing vigorously (2 wds) |
| 84% | SETTO | 5 | Start doing something vigorously (2 wds) |
| 83% | FAD | 3 | Something everyone starts doing |
| 83% | SWINGINTOACTION | 15 | Quickly start doing something |
| 80% | DEE | 3 | Start to do? |
| 78% | NEER | 4 | Start to do well? |
| 74% | OFFTOAGOODSTART | 15 | Just started, doing well with painting class? |
| 72% | SETH | 4 | ___ Rogen, "Pineapple Express" actor who started doing pottery in 2017 |
| 72% | KIT | 3 | Do-it-yourselfer's start |
| 70% | RUER | 4 | You maybe, regretting that you ever started doing these daily crosswords |
| 68% | OATH | 4 | It may start "I do solemnly swear ..." |
| 68% | AMILATE | 7 | "You didn't start yet, did you?" |
| 68% | AMILATE | 7 | "Oh, did we start already?" |
| 68% | AMILATE | 7 | "Oh, did you start already?" |
| 66% | SAG | 3 | What an old mattress may start to do |
| 66% | SAG | 3 | What an old sofa may start to do |
| 65% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 64% | TEEOFF | 6 | Golfers do this to start each hole |
| 63% | CUTALONGTHEDOTTEDLINE | 21 | Start of instructions for what to do when this puzzle is done |
| 63% | SCOUTOATH | 9 | It starts "On my honor, I will do my best ..." |
| 63% | COUNTSDOWN | 10 | Does a New Year's Eve ritual starting with "Ten..." |
| 62% | GET | 3 | "What do you ___ when you cross ..." (joke start) |
| 62% | GETONTHESTICK | 13 | "Start doing your job!" |
| 61% | ARRAIGNS | 8 | Judge does this to a defendant to get started |
| 61% | CHEER | 5 | One might start "Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate!" |
| 61% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 59% | TAPS | 4 | Military bugle call that can be sung, starting with "Day is done" |