| 100% | EMPTYHANDS | 10 | What a magician might show at the beginning of a trick |
| 59% | RAGGEDYCANDY | 12 | *What you might find at the bottom of a trick-or-treater's bag? |
| 58% | EATUP | 5 | What a cook might say at the start of a meal: 2 wds. |
| 55% | HIDES | 5 | What only one person does, at the beginning of a game of sardines |
| 55% | ROAR | 4 | What the MGM lion does at the beginning of a movie |
| 53% | RABBIT | 6 | What a magician might pull out of the [circled letters] |
| 52% | RECAP | 5 | Term used to summarize the previous episode at the beginning of a TV show |
| 52% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 50% | SWELL | 5 | What the music might do at the emotional climax of a movie |
| 50% | POT | 3 | ___ of gold (what you might find at the end of a rainbow) |
| 50% | DROPCAP | 7 | Large letter at the beginning of a paragraph, and what you must do to make sense of each starred answer |
| 49% | TAPE | 4 | What a runner breaks through at the end of a race |
| 48% | MIC | 3 | What a successful rapper might drop at the end of a performance |
| 48% | BOOTHECLOWN | 11 | What a coulrophobe might do at the circus? |
| 48% | HAT | 3 | What a magician might pull a rabbit out of |
| 48% | HAT | 3 | What a magician may pull a rabbit out of |
| 48% | TOPSTORY | 8 | The feature at the beginning of a news program |
| 47% | SLOPE | 5 | What a chairlift drops you at the top of |
| 47% | HELPLINE | 8 | A counselor may be at the end of one |
| 47% | THUS | 4 | Word at the beginning of a conclusion |
| 47% | TMINUS | 6 | Phrase at the beginning of a countdown |
| 47% | START | 5 | Word at the beginning of a maze |
| 47% | ATTN | 4 | Abbreviation at the beginning of a memo |
| 47% | HTTP | 4 | Letters at the beginning of a URL |
| 47% | POT | 3 | What may be at stake as a result of the ruling at 37-Across |
| 47% | CLEF | 4 | Symbol at the beginning of a musical staff |
| 47% | ANTE | 4 | Stake at the beginning of a poker hand |
| 47% | DROPCAP | 7 | Oversize letter at the beginning of a chapter |
| 47% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Option at the beginning of a Netflix episode |
| 47% | ENTER | 5 | Direction at the beginning of a stage script |