| 100% | ALAN | 4 | The first "A" of A. A. Milne |
| 81% | ALAN | 4 | The first "A" in A.A. Milne |
| 80% | MRPIM | 5 | A.A. Milne's play "___ Passes By" starring a title character with the first name of Carraway |
| 79% | ASIAN | 5 | The first "A" of A.A.P.I. |
| 78% | PREMIERE | 8 | The first showing of a movie |
| 78% | PRINCEPS | 8 | The first printing of a book |
| 77% | ASIAN | 5 | The first “A” of A.A.P.I. |
| 77% | OUTBOUND | 8 | The first leg of a return journey |
| 75% | FROGSPAWN | 9 | The first stage of a tadpole's life cycle |
| 75% | SOUP | 4 | Often the first course of a meal |
| 75% | SWAM | 4 | Did the first leg of a triathlon |
| 75% | SWIM | 4 | Do the first leg of a triathlon |
| 75% | OPENS | 5 | Is the first act of a concert |
| 75% | SWAM | 4 | Did the first stage of a triathlon |
| 74% | ONCE | 4 | The first word of a fairy tale, ___ upon a time |
| 74% | APP | 3 | A short name for the first course of a meal |
| 74% | TIC | 3 | The first X of a winning X-X-X combo |
| 74% | SWAM | 4 | Competed in the first leg of a triathlon |
| 74% | SWAM | 4 | Participated in the first third of a triathlon |
| 74% | OUTSWAM | 7 | Defeated in the first part of a triathlon |
| 73% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 73% | STARTER | 7 | The first course of a meal, which is often a salad |
| 73% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 73% | THUMBNAIL | 9 | Keratin covering on the first digit of a hand |
| 73% | BEFORE | 6 | Caption under the first half of a makeup ad |
| 73% | PREMIERE | 8 | The glitzy first showing of a movie |
| 72% | LEE | 3 | The first step of treating a cut is stopping the b___ding |
| 72% | HST | 3 | He appointed the first chairman of the A.E.C. |
| 72% | AZALEA | 6 | Last flower in the first section of a botanical dictionary |
| 72% | SONATA | 6 | Traditional form for the first movement of a string quartet |