| 100% | GATE | 4 | Starting point for a horse race |
| 63% | TEE | 3 | Starting point for a hole |
| 63% | EGG | 3 | Starting point for a platypus |
| 63% | TEE | 3 | Starting point for a golfer |
| 63% | IDEA | 4 | Starting point for a plan |
| 63% | NEST | 4 | Starting point for a flight test? |
| 63% | TEE | 3 | Starting point for a long drive? |
| 63% | TEE | 3 | Starting point for a golf ball |
| 63% | CLIFF | 5 | Starting point for a hang-glider |
| 63% | AXIOM | 5 | Starting point for a mathematical proof |
| 63% | CLIFF | 5 | Starting point for a hang glider |
| 63% | EINS | 4 | Starting point for a German count |
| 62% | NEPAL | 5 | Starting point for a Mount Everest climb |
| 62% | GRAYAREA | 8 | Starting point for a slippery slope argument |
| 61% | FISHERMANSWHARF | 15 | Starting point for a ferry ride to Alcatraz |
| 61% | MSRP | 4 | Starting point for a car sale negotiation: Abbr. |
| 59% | EDEN | 4 | Starting point of a long race? |
| 59% | CUBA | 4 | Starting point for a record-setting swim in 2023's "Nyad" |
| 57% | GATE | 4 | Horse race's starting point |
| 54% | BET | 3 | Put $50 on the result of a horse race, for example |
| 54% | ACCENTMARK | 10 | Starting line for a race exclusively for some Hyundais? |
| 52% | MIDDLEC | 7 | Starting point for a piano student, or a phonetic hint to 17-, 18-, 22-, 33-, 41-, 49- and 55-Across |
| 51% | STA | 3 | Starting or ending point for a commuter: Abbr. |
| 51% | NOME | 4 | Ending place for a race that starts in March in Anchorage |
| 49% | LEES | 4 | ___ Ferry (starting point for a raft trip through the Grand Canyon) |
| 48% | BET | 3 | Stake money on a horse race |
| 48% | STRIDE | 6 | Winning length in a horse race |
| 48% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a horse race |
| 48% | PLACE | 5 | Finish second in a horse race |
| 48% | IDEE | 4 | Starting point for Pasteur |