| 100% | ARMS | 4 | The first word of Virgil's Aeneid in some English translations |
| 51% | ARMA | 4 | First word of Virgil's Aeneid |
| 48% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques" |
| 48% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English version of "Frère Jacques" |
| 47% | ARMA | 4 | First word of Virgil's "Aeneid" |
| 46% | NOTRE | 5 | First word of the Lord's Prayer in French |
| 45% | LEFT | 4 | The translation of this English word is "sinister" in Latin |
| 45% | ISNT | 4 | First word of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" |
| 43% | ISNT | 4 | First word of "Send in the Clowns" |
| 43% | HOW | 3 | First word of "Blowin' in the Wind" |
| 42% | LAS | 3 | First word of the largest city in Nevada |
| 42% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 42% | SAN | 3 | First word of the second-largest city in California |
| 42% | IREAD | 5 | First words of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" |
| 41% | SEE | 3 | Word in the first line of the U.S. national anthem |
| 41% | BROTHER | 7 | English translation of the French word "frere" |
| 41% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 40% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 40% | THOU | 4 | First word in most of the Ten Commandments |
| 40% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
| 40% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of three Pixar movies |
| 40% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 40% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of four Pixar movies |
| 40% | ARMA | 4 | First word of the "Aeneid" |
| 40% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 39% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 39% | OLE | 3 | Spanish interjection that's the first word in the lyrics of the song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 39% | THUS | 4 | First word in the translated title of Nietzsche's 1885 novel "Also sprach Zarathustra" |
| 39% | TWEET | 5 | The first was in July 2006, but it was the American Dialect Society's word of the year in 2009 |