| 100% | MIRABEL | 7 | The first Madrigal grandchild to not get a gift |
| 42% | THEOTHERAMERICA | 15 | Read the first letter in each clue to get a quote from this '67 speech |
| 39% | CITATIONNEEDED | 14 | Response to not getting the reference? |
| 39% | DANDRIDGE | 9 | Singer Dorothy who was the first African-American to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| 39% | RAMBLE | 6 | Not get to the point |
| 38% | THEM | 4 | The first to mix? Not us |
| 38% | THEM | 4 | The first to sew? Not us |
| 38% | THEM | 4 | The first to join? Not us |
| 38% | TASK | 4 | The first to demand a mission |
| 38% | TRENT | 5 | The first to hire a river |
| 38% | TEDDY | 5 | The first chap gets a toy |
| 38% | THEM | 4 | The first to turn up? Not us |
| 38% | PLAY | 4 | Get a board game to the table |
| 38% | SLEEPIN | 7 | Get a later start to the morning |
| 38% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "You've Got a Friend" singer/pianist who was the first woman to win a Grammy for Song of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ONEPIN | 6 | The first to go on a strike, usually |
| 37% | MOTOROLA | 8 | The first company to sell a cellphone, in 1973 |
| 37% | TROT | 4 | The first to go off at a brisk pace |
| 37% | IVE | 3 | "___ Gotta Get a Message to You" (first U.S. Top 10 hit for the Bee Gees) |
| 36% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer |
| 36% | TOIL | 4 | Get the first lubricant to work |
| 36% | ABCS | 4 | The alphabet, to a first-grader |
| 36% | YEA | 3 | One of the first to raise a hand, usually |
| 36% | JONASSALK | 9 | One of the first to develop a polio vaccination |
| 36% | WIN | 3 | Be the first one to finish a race, say |
| 36% | ALEKSEI | 7 | Cosmonaut Leonov, the first person to conduct a spacewalk |
| 36% | COMANECI | 8 | Nadia, the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 |
| 36% | ONEUNDER | 8 | Score after getting a birdie on the first hole |
| 36% | EVE | 3 | First lady not married to a president? |
| 36% | IRL | 3 | Not over the internet, to a texter |