| 100% | MSDOS | 5 | What the first PCs came with |
| 56% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 52% | EGG | 3 | What came first, the chicken or the ___ |
| 52% | EGG | 3 | What came first? The ___ or the chicken? |
| 51% | SYLLABLES | 9 | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| 49% | ESSENCE | 7 | Magazine with the motto "Where Black Women Come First" |
| 47% | WORDASSOCIATION | 15 | "Answer with the first thing that comes to mind" exercise |
| 46% | STRINGSATTACHED | 15 | What the answers to the starred clues come with |
| 46% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first caller may be on |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | What the first half of "unicorn" means |
| 46% | CRT | 3 | Monitor for the first PCs |
| 46% | CRT | 3 | Screen for the first PCs |
| 46% | IBMS | 4 | Some of the first PCs |
| 45% | EGG | 3 | "What came first, the chicken or the ___?" |
| 45% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S in USSR stood for |
| 45% | TARIFFS | 7 | What the first T in GATT stands for |
| 45% | TRI | 3 | What the first "T" in "TNT" stands for |
| 45% | ONLY | 4 | What the first "O" stands for in "YOLO" |
| 45% | BRING | 5 | What the first "B" in "BYOB" stands for |
| 45% | WORLD | 5 | What the first "W" stands for in "WWW" |
| 45% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S stood for in USSR |
| 45% | ELM | 3 | What the first London Bridge was made of |
| 45% | ALSO | 4 | What the first "a" in "aka" stands for |
| 45% | NEWS | 4 | What the first "N" in "CNN" stands for |
| 45% | TRI | 3 | What the first letter of 11-Across represents |
| 44% | ASSN | 4 | What the first "A" in "NASCAR" stands for: Abbr. |
| 44% | STRAW | 5 | What the first little pig built his house from |
| 44% | EAR | 3 | What the first letter of 56-Down stands for |
| 44% | AIR | 3 | What the first letter of 97 Down stands for |
| 44% | ETHANOL | 7 | What the first Model T's could run on |