| 100% | CORNERS | 7 | Starting spaces for the rooks |
| 51% | ELBOWROOM | 9 | Space for arms at the table |
| 50% | AERO | 4 | Start for space |
| 49% | KEVINLOVE | 9 | Starting forward for the 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BILBAO | 6 | Starting city for the 2023 Tour de France |
| 49% | ONONEKNEE | 9 | Waiting for the starting gun, say |
| 48% | COLDWAR | 7 | Impetus for the 1950s-’60s space race |
| 48% | ABAB | 4 | Scheme for the start of a sonnet |
| 48% | HITIT | 5 | Command for the band to start playing |
| 48% | AERO | 4 | Start for space or dynamic |
| 48% | AERO | 4 | Start for brakes or space |
| 48% | AERO | 4 | Start for dynamic or space |
| 48% | AERO | 4 | Start for nautical or space |
| 48% | DOOMS | 5 | Start for the last day? |
| 47% | ROSCOSMOS | 9 | Common name for the Russian Federal Space Agency |
| 47% | SEPTEMBER | 9 | Month for the start of Oktoberfest in Munich |
| 47% | CORNER | 6 | Rook's starting space |
| 47% | VOID | 4 | Deep space, for the most part |
| 47% | NINE | 4 | Start of the workday, for many |
| 47% | WNBA | 4 | League for the Golden State Valkyries, starting in 2025 |
| 46% | ABBEY | 5 | Setting for the start of "The Sound of Music" |
| 46% | MORGUES | 7 | Spaces in hospitals for storing the deceased |
| 46% | MON | 3 | Start of the work wk., for many |
| 46% | BEST | 4 | Start of the title for every Oscar |
| 45% | GEOSPACE | 8 | One name for the region of outer space near Earth |
| 45% | MAAI | 4 | Japanese term for the space between two opponents in combat |
| 45% | HAREM | 5 | Sacred space for female family members, in the Muslim tradition |
| 45% | TOWER | 5 | Space Needle or the Eiffel, for e.g. |
| 45% | NMENTAGENCY | 11 | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for one |
| 45% | THANKSGIVINGDAY | 15 | Setting for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across |