100% | ENDOWING | 8 | Starting point for measuring the width of an Irish airplane? |
37% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Starting point for an annual flight |
37% | TIBET | 5 | Starting point for an Everest ascent |
35% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | Social networking service ... or an apt portmanteau for the starts of 17-, 27- and 45-Across |
35% | TOORA | 5 | Start of an Irish refrain |
35% | BOSTONCOMMON | 12 | Starting point of the Freedom Trail |
35% | SANANTONIOTEXAS | 15 | Starting point of the Chisholm Trail |
35% | MISSOURI | 8 | Starting point of the Oregon Trail |
35% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Starting point of the annual Spartathlon |
35% | AER | 3 | Start of an Irish carrier name |
35% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer nominated for an Oscar for "The Lord of the Rings" |
35% | DIOPTRE | 7 | Unit for measuring the refractive power of a lens |
35% | YOUCANCALLMEAL | 14 | 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
35% | RICHTER | 7 | Scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes |
34% | SALE | 4 | The exchange of an item for money |
34% | CALIPER | 7 | Tool for measuring the diameter of a tree |
34% | MANOMETER | 9 | Instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid |
34% | MODANO | 6 | ★Hockey Hall of Famer Mike who holds the records for most NHL goals and points by an American-born player |
33% | DECIBEL | 7 | Unit for measuring the intensity of a sound; symbol dB |
33% | ERA | 3 | Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava. |
33% | RANGEFINDER | 11 | Instrument for determining the distance of an object |
33% | CORER | 5 | Tool for removing the middle of an apple |
33% | PREMISES | 8 | The starting points of philosophical arguments |
33% | POV | 3 | The acronym for point of view |
33% | GDP | 3 | Measure of an economy, for short |
33% | PAREN | 5 | Start of an aside, for short |
33% | TSCOMPANY | 9 | Start of an appeal for privacy |
33% | NINE | 4 | Start of the workday, for many |
33% | BEEF | 4 | "Two all-___ patties ..." (start of an old jingle for the Big Mac) |
33% | EDALE | 5 | Derbyshire village; southern starting point of the Pennine Way |