| 100% | EDIT | 4 | Work on the first draft of an article |
| 58% | EDIT | 4 | Revise the first draft of an essay, say |
| 55% | EDIT | 4 | Fix the rough draft of an article |
| 52% | EDIT | 4 | Modify, as the draft of an article |
| 51% | NEE | 3 | Word on the first line of Mirren's Wikipedia article |
| 46% | EDITS | 5 | Works on a first draft |
| 46% | NOTATE | 6 | Work on the score of |
| 44% | STREETART | 9 | Work on the side of a building, perhaps |
| 43% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 43% | ICET | 4 | One of the first musicians to have an "explicit content" sticker on an album |
| 43% | DUE | 3 | Like rent on the first of the month |
| 43% | ATO | 3 | Words on the first of a set, perhaps |
| 43% | RENT | 4 | Payment made on the first of every month? |
| 43% | EDIT | 4 | Work on an article for publication |
| 42% | BODY | 4 | Part of an article that discusses the main subject |
| 42% | DUE | 3 | Like many payments on the first of the month |
| 42% | DUE | 3 | Rent is this on the first of the month |
| 42% | RENT | 4 | Payment due on the first of the month, typically |
| 42% | RENT | 4 | Payment often made on the first of the month |
| 42% | OPTICKS | 7 | Sir Isaac Newton work on the fundamentals of light |
| 42% | BRODY | 5 | Lead character on the first three seasons of "Homeland" |
| 42% | KEPLER | 6 | German who worked on the laws of planetary motion |
| 42% | JOANBAEZ | 8 | *Singer on the first day of Woodstock |
| 42% | SHANATOVA | 9 | Greeting on the first day of Tishri |
| 42% | ASHES | 5 | Symbol on the first day of Lent |
| 42% | RENT | 4 | It's usually due on the first of the month |
| 42% | RENT | 4 | It often gets paid on the first of the month |
| 42% | RENT | 4 | It's often paid on the first of the month |
| 42% | APRIL | 5 | You may get fooled on the first of this month |
| 41% | HOWDAH | 6 | Platform on the back of an elephant |