| 100% | SEATTLE | 7 | Where Starbucks began (and a product it popularized) |
| 47% | TERMINAL | 8 | Where passengers begin and end a journey |
| 44% | TAXIRIDE | 8 | It begins where a person hails from |
| 43% | STORY | 5 | It usually has a beginning, middle, and end |
| 41% | BELOWDECKS | 10 | In a ship's hull ... and where it's at |
| 40% | NOIR | 4 | Movie where it's constantly gloomy and rains a lot: Film ___ |
| 39% | TRL | 3 | Show where, legend has it, Bey and Jay debuted as a couple |
| 37% | WHOLEHEMSTARTED | 15 | Sewing begun on a skirt's edge, and not just part of it? |
| 36% | ASH | 3 | Beginning and end of a phoenix |
| 36% | DAZED | 5 | "___ and Confused," 1993 comedy film starring Matthew McConaughey, that took its title from a song popularized by Led Zeppelin |
| 36% | STARBUCKS | 9 | Coffeehouse chain where the customers' names are written on each cup, and features a siren in its logo |
| 36% | ALPHAS | 6 | Beginning and ending of a Greek apologia? |
| 35% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 35% | SCARYSTORY | 10 | One might begin "It was a dark and stormy night ..." |
| 35% | UNBOXING | 8 | Removing a product from its packaging |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | Where a course begins |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | Where a hole begins |
| 35% | TRAILHEAD | 9 | Where a hike begins |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | Where a driver begins |
| 35% | TRUCE | 5 | A handshake begins it |
| 34% | COAST | 5 | Where an ocean and a continent meet |
| 34% | USE | 3 | Put a product to its intended purpose |
| 34% | ATHOME | 6 | Where charity begins, in a phrase |
| 34% | HEADCHEESE | 10 | It's a meat product |
| 34% | TEE | 3 | Where many a drive begins |
| 34% | TVSERIES | 8 | A pilot usually begins it |
| 34% | BON | 3 | It might begin a voyage? |
| 34% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 34% | IRAQWAR | 7 | It began with "shock and awe" |
| 34% | LOGO | 4 | Starbucks has a siren on it |