| 100% | YEAR | 4 | What starts with January and ends with December |
| 56% | YEAR | 4 | What starts with January |
| 54% | ESSES | 5 | What sitcoms always begin and end with? |
| 50% | ALPHABET | 8 | It starts with "A" and ends with "Z" |
| 50% | RACE | 4 | It starts and ends with a line |
| 48% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian city whose name starts and ends with "o" |
| 48% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that starts and ends with O |
| 48% | OREGANO | 7 | Herb that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 48% | OHIO | 4 | State that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 48% | URDU | 4 | Language that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 48% | ANACONDA | 8 | Apex predator that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 48% | OREO | 4 | Food item that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 48% | URDU | 4 | Language whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 47% | ERA | 3 | Period with start and end dates |
| 47% | OHIO | 4 | US state whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 47% | OSLO | 4 | Northern European city that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 47% | NINE | 4 | What zip codes in California and Washington start with |
| 46% | NYE | 3 | December day that ends with a ball drop and celebrations: Abbr. |
| 45% | GIRLSWANTGIRLS | 14 | 2021 Drake song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 45% | DOG | 3 | With 1-Across, what 20-, 34-, 42- and 52-Across end with |
| 45% | SORRYNOTSORRY | 13 | 2017 Demi Lovato song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 44% | FOULLANGUAGE | 12 | Profanity ... or what 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across start with? |
| 44% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle with a start and an end |
| 43% | NEVERSAYNEVER | 13 | 2021 Cole Swindell/Lainey Wilson song whose title starts and ends with the same word: 3 wds. |
| 43% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | PIECEOFCAKE | 11 | Simple thing to do ... and what each starred clue's answer ends with? |
| 42% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOL | 3 | Traditional holiday in Iceland that starts four weeks before Christmas and ends on January 6 |
| 42% | SERIES | 6 | With 68-Across, end to some bingeing, and what appears six times in this puzzle |