| 100% | HEAD | 4 | The first blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 83% | TOE | 3 | The second blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___ |
| 60% | ORRIN | 5 | First name in the senate from 1977 to earlier this month |
| 57% | THEOTHERAMERICA | 15 | Read the first letter in each clue to get a quote from this '67 speech |
| 52% | TOBACCO | 7 | Rolfe was the first to cultivate this in Virginia |
| 51% | RACE | 4 | Change a word in this phrase to correct it! "Slow and steady wins the contest" |
| 49% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |
| 48% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 48% | GINSU | 5 | First brand to use the phrase “But wait, there’s more!” in its infomercials |
| 48% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 47% | DOUBLE | 6 | "___ dipper," iconic phrase from "Seinfeld" used to describe someone who dips a chip twice in the same dip |
| 47% | BURKE | 5 | Robert O'Hara —, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north who died in 1861 |
| 46% | PROGRESS | 8 | The first step in this is discontent |
| 46% | NERD | 4 | 2022 Maya Phillips book subtitled “Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse” |
| 46% | WORD | 4 | The first one in this clue is "The" |
| 45% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 45% | BURKE | 5 | Robert O'Hara —, Irish soldier, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north, who died in 1861 |
| 45% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | This two-word phrase is the first line in Hamlet |
| 44% | ETRE | 4 | The first blank in "Je Voudrais Déjà ___ ___" (The Lion King hit, in a French translation) |
| 44% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 44% | ORANGUTANS | 10 | In 2014 Argentina became the first country to recognize these primates' legal rights |
| 44% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 43% | CORTESE | 7 | Wines made from this grape variety are long known to be favored by restaurants in the port of Genoa |
| 43% | NAME | 4 | First blank to fill in on most forms |
| 43% | ADA | 3 | ___ Kepley, the first American woman to graduate from law school who could not practice because, ironically, the law would not allow it in 1870 |
| 43% | EVAPERON | 8 | The first lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952 |
| 43% | MOTOROLA | 8 | The first company to sell a cellphone, in 1973 |
| 43% | SANTA | 5 | It can precede eight first names in this puzzle to form the names of California cities |
| 42% | PERFECT | 7 | Change a word in this phrase to correct it! "Practice makes flawless" |
| 42% | WASTE | 5 | Change a word in this phrase to correct it! "Haste makes trash" |