| 100% | JUMBOJET | 8 | The Boeing 747 was the first with this nickname |
| 46% | MAN | 3 | Adam was the first of this kind |
| 46% | LAMP | 4 | Florence Nightingale was the lady with this |
| 46% | JUMBOJET | 8 | Nickname for the Boeing 747 |
| 44% | SINGER | 6 | The Jazz __ was the first movie with sound |
| 44% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 44% | AMUNDSEN | 8 | This Norwegian was the first at the south pole |
| 43% | THOUSAND | 8 | This is the first number to have the letter "A" |
| 43% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | This two-word phrase is the first line in Hamlet |
| 43% | NORWAY | 6 | This nation's flag was the first at the South Pole |
| 43% | ARMS | 4 | The goddess Kali is often depicted with four of these limbs |
| 43% | THROWACURVEBALL | 15 | Candy Cummings was the first pitcher to do this |
| 43% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Robert Peary was the first to reach this place |
| 43% | TOBACCO | 7 | Rolfe was the first to cultivate this in Virginia |
| 43% | STEP | 4 | "Pierce film with fork" might be the first one |
| 42% | PROGRESS | 8 | The first step in this is discontent |
| 42% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 42% | STUART | 6 | James I was the first king of this royal dynasty |
| 42% | JAMESBOND | 9 | Dr. No was the first film in this spy series |
| 42% | MOP | 3 | You should be able to wipe the floor with this |
| 42% | JOYSTICK | 8 | First game with this controller was Sega Missile |
| 42% | WORD | 4 | The first one in this clue is "The" |
| 42% | ZOMBIES | 7 | The Walking Dead is overrun with these creatures |
| 41% | TENN | 4 | "Music City" is the nickname of this US state's capital |
| 41% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 41% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the first US president to be assassinated |
| 41% | QUALIFIED | 9 | Someone with the right training is this |
| 41% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | OLYMPIC | 7 | The first modern one of these games was in Greece |
| 40% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |