| 100% | OLORD | 5 | Starting words of some 120-Across |
| 60% | EENY | 4 | Start of some choice words? |
| 60% | EENIE | 5 | Start of some choice words? |
| 59% | ETTU | 4 | Start of some famous last words |
| 53% | CAMPAIGNPROMISE | 15 | Word of some candidates |
| 52% | NEL | 3 | Starting word of Dante's "Inferno" |
| 51% | OSAY | 4 | Starting words of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 51% | WHERE | 5 | Starting word of a location-based question |
| 51% | SECONDTOTHE | 11 | Start of some directions by 49-Across |
| 51% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of some hymns |
| 51% | FINIS | 5 | Last word of some films |
| 51% | ELSE | 4 | Last word of some ultimatums |
| 50% | ONCE | 4 | First word of some fairy tales |
| 50% | SAO | 3 | First word of some Brazilian cities |
| 50% | CAFE | 4 | First word of some restaurant names |
| 49% | YESON | 5 | First words of some political yard signs |
| 49% | ODETO | 5 | First two words of some tribute poems |
| 49% | INC | 3 | Last word of some business names (Abbr.) |
| 49% | SAO | 3 | First word of some Brazilian city names |
| 48% | SICK | 4 | Start of a "recuperative" word ladder ending at 73-Across |
| 48% | DEAR | 4 | Endearing word at the start of some letters |
| 48% | DEAR | 4 | First word of some letters and diary entries |
| 48% | UNTO | 4 | Second word of some versions of the Golden Rule |
| 47% | TYPEFACES | 9 | Producers of some bold words |
| 47% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 47% | PREFIX | 6 | Start of word |
| 47% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 47% | BACK | 4 | Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across |
| 46% | HELLO | 5 | Word of greeting that starts a phone conversation |
| 46% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of some crossword puzzle words |