| 100% | SPILLEDTHEBEANS | 15 | Things got off to a bad start when one trainee tripped and ... |
| 35% | CURTAINTIME | 11 | When one might start to make a scene |
| 34% | GROUNDRUNNING | 13 | *Get off to a quick start |
| 34% | SALT | 4 | Bad thing to get in a wound |
| 34% | PAN | 3 | Film technique - or a bad thing for it to get? |
| 34% | MGM | 3 | Studio whose movies all get off to a roaring start? |
| 33% | XXXXX | 5 | One might get tripped when going into a building |
| 33% | START | 5 | Get off to a flying ___ |
| 33% | GUNIT | 5 | Bad thing to do when you see a yellow light |
| 33% | BLANK | 5 | Bad thing to draw when you're taking a test |
| 32% | MGM | 3 | Maker of movies that always get off to a roaring start? |
| 32% | CROC | 4 | One with a tendency to get snappy when hungry, for short? |
| 32% | TOOTH | 5 | It's bad to get a hole in one |
| 32% | BIRD | 4 | What gets this puzzle off to a flying start? |
| 32% | ANALOGY | 7 | A comparison of one thing to another when you are explaining something |
| 32% | ALATE | 5 | Get off to ___ start |
| 32% | WINESNOB | 8 | One who gets all snooty when it's time to get a cab? |
| 31% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Get a delicate dialogue started ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 30% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 29% | JOKE | 4 | A bad one gets no laughs |
| 29% | DAVE | 4 | Who Hal spoke to when he said "sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over." |
| 29% | SCENE | 5 | A bad thing to make in public |
| 29% | HALFTIME | 8 | When one might get a pep talk |
| 29% | CHRISTTHEREDEEMER | 17 | Facebook Status: "2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!" |
| 29% | RECLINED | 8 | Got off one's feet, in a way |
| 29% | RIGHTFOOT | 9 | Get off on the __; make a successful start |
| 28% | CREPE | 5 | Creep off to get a pancake |
| 28% | URN | 3 | Run off to get a receptacle |
| 28% | TORPEDO | 7 | Trooped off to get a missile |
| 28% | BOLT | 4 | Run off to get a latch |