| 100% | SANANTONIOTEXAS | 15 | Starting point of the Chisholm Trail |
| 79% | BOSTONCOMMON | 12 | Starting point of the Freedom Trail |
| 79% | MISSOURI | 8 | Starting point of the Oregon Trail |
| 64% | ABILENE | 7 | Northern end of the Chisholm Trail |
| 63% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Starting point of the annual Spartathlon |
| 60% | ENID | 4 | Home of the Chisholm Trail Expo Center |
| 60% | ENID | 4 | Oklahoma home of the Chisholm Trail Expo Center |
| 59% | EDALE | 5 | Derbyshire village; southern starting point of the Pennine Way |
| 58% | EDALE | 5 | Village in Derbyshire; southern starting point of the Pennine Way |
| 56% | PREMISES | 8 | The starting points of philosophical arguments |
| 56% | STJOSEPH | 8 | City in NW Missouri, US; starting point of the Pony Express in 1860 |
| 53% | ENDOWING | 8 | Starting point for measuring the width of an Irish airplane? |
| 48% | ABILENE | 7 | Kansas town on the Chisholm Trail |
| 48% | ENID | 4 | Oklahoma city on the Chisholm Trail |
| 48% | WACO | 4 | Texas city on the Chisholm Trail |
| 48% | TRAILHEADS | 10 | Hikers' starting points ... or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can be? |
| 48% | XIAN | 4 | Chinese city that was the starting point of the Silk Road |
| 47% | BLUNT | 5 | *Not pointed ... and the start of an eight-step word ladder |
| 46% | SELMAALABAMA | 12 | Starting point of a 1965 march |
| 46% | MAINMENU | 8 | Starting point of a phone tree |
| 46% | EDEN | 4 | Starting point of a long race? |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Starting point of a golf hole |
| 46% | LAUNCHPAD | 9 | Starting point of many modern missions |
| 46% | TEEPADS | 7 | Starting points of disc golf holes |
| 46% | LAX | 3 | Starting point of many a red-eye |
| 46% | ENID | 4 | City along the Chisholm Trail |
| 46% | ENID | 4 | City on the Chisholm Trail |
| 45% | EDALE | 5 | Derbyshire village renowned as the southern starting point of the Pennine Way |
| 45% | GENEVA | 6 | Focal point of the Reformation |
| 45% | CRUX | 4 | Core point of the issue |