| 100% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 74% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down..." (start of a prayer): 2 wds. |
| 74% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down ..." (start of a prayer): 2 wds. |
| 56% | POUNDSIGN | 9 | Symbol used at the start of a hashtag: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 55% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down..." (child's prayer): 2 wds |
| 53% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 50% | NOWI | 4 | "____ lay me down ...": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BLANKSPACE | 10 | "1989 (Taylor's Version)" song about the start of a potentially temporary relationship (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ATALE | 5 | Start of a Dickens title, "___ of Two Cities": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal ball gazer's prediction: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down to sleep ...": 2 wds. |
| 47% | NOWI | 4 | "___ lay me down to sleep...": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 46% | OLORD | 5 | Beginning of a prayer: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 45% | YOUVEGOT | 8 | Start of a reassuring phrase ... or the start to 20a, 41a, 55a, or 38d: 2 wds. |
| 45% | OLORD | 5 | Start of some prayers: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WARM | 4 | Start of the 2 Down ladder |
| 45% | HEYSIRI | 7 | Start of a voice command made to an iPhone: 2 wds. |
| 45% | AREACODE | 8 | Three-digit start of a phone number: 2 wds. |
| 44% | PITABREAD | 9 | The wrapping of a falafel sandwich: 2 wds. |
| 44% | OCANADA | 7 | Anthem heard at the start of many hockey games: 2 wds. |