| 100% | WHAT | 4 | With 54-Down, start of a historic telegraph message |
| 52% | GOODNEWSBADNEWS | 15 | Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across |
| 50% | WOMEN | 5 | With 19 Down, message of a 1960s feminist movement |
| 47% | ALLI | 4 | With 12-Down, start of a simple request |
| 47% | INCORRIGIBLE | 12 | Start of a lapel-button warning message |
| 47% | QUE | 3 | With 61-Down, start of a 1956 song title |
| 47% | TWINKLE | 7 | With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme |
| 46% | HAVINGAFINETIME | 15 | Start of a message on 20-Across |
| 46% | DEARREADERS | 11 | Start of a message to magazine subscribers |
| 46% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter with Christmas wishes |
| 46% | ODEON | 5 | Start of a poem about a 5 Down |
| 46% | MYFAKEPLANTS | 12 | Start of a one-liner by 54-Across |
| 45% | OSAY | 4 | Start of a song that ends with "brave" |
| 45% | BLESSME | 7 | Start of a talk with one's father? |
| 45% | HIP | 3 | Start of a cheer that ends with "hurray!" |
| 45% | MEETME | 6 | Start of a tryster's message |
| 45% | NOMATTERHOWMUCH | 15 | Start of a punny quip with two correct answers |
| 44% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Start of a message on a Lincoln Center T-shirt |
| 44% | LETSSEETHEPROOF | 15 | Start of a geometry teacher's argument with a student? |
| 44% | DONTPINITONME | 13 | Start of a dress model's argument with a tailor? |
| 44% | FIFTEENMEN | 10 | Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" |
| 44% | IJUSTPUTMYFEET | 14 | Start of a 58 Across/25 Down quote, describing his craft |
| 44% | THISISNTMYFAULT | 15 | Start of a tennis player's argument with a line judge? |
| 44% | CLEAN | 5 | With 1-Down, symbol of a fresh start |
| 43% | EAR | 3 | Dog ___, folded down corner of a book page that starts with a canine animal |
| 43% | THETABLEHOPPINGWAITER | 21 | Start of a humorous definition of 50-Down (with a French "twist") |
| 43% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DOG | 3 | With 2 Down, bookmark of a sort |
| 43% | WILLBRAKEFOR | 12 | Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite attraction |
| 43% | HONKIFYOULOVE | 13 | Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite hobby |