| 100% | CLEANSLATE | 10 | What one might start over with |
| 61% | OPENARMS | 8 | What one might be welcomed with |
| 59% | JOKE | 4 | One might start with "Knock knock" |
| 57% | CHILDLIKEWONDER | 15 | What one might look at the night sky with |
| 57% | CLAUSE | 6 | A dependent one might start with "that" |
| 56% | ERA | 3 | A new one might start with a regime change |
| 56% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 51% | BYE | 3 | What a seed might start out with |
| 49% | JUSTBROWSING | 12 | "Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across |
| 49% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 49% | REDO | 4 | Start over with |
| 48% | THUD | 4 | A bad joke might go over with one |
| 48% | ASIDE | 5 | One might start "Incidentally …" |
| 48% | WILLBRAKEFOR | 12 | Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite attraction |
| 48% | HONKIFYOULOVE | 13 | Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite hobby |
| 48% | SEED | 4 | What one may sow |
| 47% | JOKE | 4 | One might start "Knock knock ..." |
| 47% | RUMOR | 5 | One might start "I heard ..." |
| 47% | MEET | 4 | What one might swim in |
| 47% | FIRSTDATE | 9 | What one might Bumble into? |
| 47% | COVER | 5 | What one might run for |
| 47% | ISM | 3 | What one might subscribe to |
| 47% | IDRATHERBEIN | 12 | Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite vacation spot |
| 47% | ANOSE | 5 | What one may win by |
| 47% | EGG | 3 | What one may 57 Down |
| 47% | ALIAS | 5 | What one may go by |
| 46% | ROLE | 4 | What one might get typecast in |
| 46% | DIFFER | 6 | What one might beg to do |
| 46% | INDEXFINGER | 11 | What one might be represented by |
| 46% | WHENINROME | 10 | What one might say before conforming |