| 100% | OUTBOUND | 8 | The first leg of a return journey |
| 76% | INBOUND | 7 | Describes the homeward leg of a return journey |
| 66% | SWAM | 4 | Did the first leg of a triathlon |
| 66% | SWIM | 4 | Do the first leg of a triathlon |
| 66% | SWAM | 4 | Competed in the first leg of a triathlon |
| 60% | FROMATOB | 8 | First leg of a journey, and a description of 20-, 30-, 38-, and 49-Across |
| 55% | SWIM | 4 | First leg of a triathlon |
| 55% | ELIE | 4 | First name of the author of A Journey Into Faith |
| 54% | OUTWARD | 7 | First leg of a round trip |
| 53% | SWUM | 4 | Like the first leg of triathlons |
| 51% | PREMIERE | 8 | The first showing of a movie |
| 51% | PRINCEPS | 8 | The first printing of a book |
| 50% | MILE | 4 | Last ___ (final leg of a journey) |
| 49% | FROGSPAWN | 9 | The first stage of a tadpole's life cycle |
| 49% | ONCE | 4 | The first word of a fairy tale, ___ upon a time |
| 49% | TIC | 3 | The first X of a winning X-X-X combo |
| 49% | SEMI | 4 | One leg of a competition before the final |
| 48% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 48% | STARTER | 7 | The first course of a meal, which is often a salad |
| 48% | RAN | 3 | Did the last leg of a triathlon |
| 48% | RUNS | 4 | Does the final leg of a triathlon |
| 48% | RAN | 3 | Did the final leg of a triathlon |
| 48% | RAN | 3 | Did the last leg of a pentathlon |
| 48% | BIKES | 5 | Does the second leg of a triathlon |
| 48% | BIKED | 5 | Did the second leg of a triathlon |
| 48% | RAN | 3 | Completed the final leg of a triathlon |
| 48% | ALAN | 4 | The first "A" of A. A. Milne |
| 48% | SOUP | 4 | Often the first course of a meal |
| 48% | OPENS | 5 | Is the first act of a concert |
| 48% | SWAM | 4 | Did the first stage of a triathlon |