| 100% | EGG | 3 | What came first? The ___ or the chicken? |
| 95% | EGG | 3 | What came first, the chicken or the ___ |
| 84% | EGG | 3 | "What came first, the chicken or the ___?" |
| 81% | EGG | 3 | What came before or after the chicken |
| 77% | EGG | 3 | Which came first ... this or the chicken? |
| 76% | EGG | 3 | "Which came first, chicken or the ___?" |
| 74% | EGG | 3 | "Which came first, the chicken or the ___?" |
| 74% | EGG | 3 | "Which came first: The chicken or the ___?" |
| 73% | NEITHERONE | 10 | Which came first, the chicken or the egg? |
| 61% | EGG | 3 | What might have come before the chicken? |
| 58% | CAME | 4 | "Which ___ first, the chicken or the egg?" |
| 57% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken ... or maybe after? |
| 57% | EGG | 3 | Did it come before the chicken, or after? |
| 57% | MSDOS | 5 | What the first PCs came with |
| 53% | RINGLEADERS | 11 | Crime bosses, or what the first words of the starred answers can be |
| 53% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 52% | NUTSANDBOLTS | 12 | Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are |
| 52% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 51% | PAIRS | 5 | Figure skating event ... or what the circled items always come in |
| 51% | PUTONESFOOTINIT | 15 | Say the wrong thing, or what to do with the first words of the starred answers |
| 51% | OVERANDOVER | 11 | Repeatedly, or what can come before the main components of 17-, 30-, 39-, or 46-Across |
| 51% | CALM | 4 | What comes before the storm |
| 51% | GRIST | 5 | What comes to the mill |
| 51% | THUNDER | 7 | What comes after the lightning |
| 51% | WINTERTIME | 10 | What comes after the fall |
| 51% | TRIP | 4 | What comes before the fall? |
| 51% | INITIAL | 7 | With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? |
| 51% | OUTSET | 6 | First stage or the beginning |
| 51% | FRUIT | 5 | What you get if you change the first letter in "demon," "dime" or "drape"? |
| 50% | EGG | 3 | It came before the chicken (or maybe after?) |