| 100% | FRAY | 4 | Starting to wear out (rhymes with "bray") |
| 51% | FRAY | 4 | Start to wear |
| 47% | WANE | 4 | Start to go out |
| 47% | EBBS | 4 | Starts to peter out |
| 47% | TIRE | 4 | Start to give out |
| 46% | WARMS | 5 | Starts to like, with "to" |
| 46% | TEARED | 6 | Started to cry, with "up" |
| 46% | BIT | 3 | Started to eat, with "into" |
| 46% | DERAET | 6 | Started to cry, with "up" |
| 46% | NOD | 3 | Start to snooze, with "off" |
| 46% | TAKES | 5 | Starts to fly, with "off" |
| 46% | GAINED | 6 | Started to overtake, with "on" |
| 46% | TEARED | 6 | Started to cry, with “up” |
| 46% | TEAR | 4 | Start to cry, with "up" |
| 46% | FRAY | 4 | Start to wear away at the edges, like a cord |
| 45% | PJS | 3 | Outfit you're not likely to wear out |
| 45% | PAJAMAS | 7 | Attire you're not likely to wear out |
| 45% | ARMS | 4 | Chair parts that tend to wear out quickly |
| 45% | SPIRALS | 7 | Starts to go out of control |
| 45% | SITSUP | 6 | Starts to get out of bed |
| 45% | FRAY | 4 | Start to wear away at the edges, like a cheap fabric |
| 44% | GETOLDER | 8 | Start to deal with gray areas, say |
| 44% | PJS | 3 | What to wear while out? |
| 44% | TEE | 3 | Shirt to wear with shorts |
| 44% | SOLE | 4 | Shoe part that's usually the first to wear out |
| 44% | OPENSUP | 7 | Starts to come out of one's shell |
| 43% | NODS | 4 | Starts to fall asleep, with "off" |
| 43% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 43% | TIRE | 4 | Start to run out of gas, in a sense |
| 43% | PLAID | 5 | Daring thing to wear with polka dots |