| 100% | WHAT | 4 | "___ A Time To Be Alive," album by Drake and Future |
| 44% | CURFEW | 6 | Rule to be home by a certain time |
| 42% | BREAKMYHEART | 12 | Dua Lipa single on the album "Future Nostalgia" with the lyrics "I've always been the one to say the first goodbye / Had to love and lose a hundred million times" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | HIP | 3 | "___ to be square," a hit song by Huey Lewis and the News |
| 41% | LETSROLL | 8 | "Time to go," and a phrase that could be uttered by a 15-, a 21-, a 32-, or a 48-Across? |
| 41% | ALIVE | 5 | "What a time to be ___!" |
| 40% | ANDROMEDA | 9 | She was chained to a rock and saved by Perseus |
| 40% | DONE | 4 | "Look What You've ___," 2011 song by Drake that is a tribute to his mother |
| 40% | HOOD | 4 | Robin ___, "Once Upon a Time" character who was played by both Tom Ellis and Sean Maguire |
| 39% | HER | 3 | "___ Loss" (2022 #1 album by Drake and 21 Savage) |
| 38% | FALL | 4 | "Hammer To ___," 1984 song by Queen which is a part of the album "The Works" |
| 38% | DEADLINE | 8 | Time that a project has to be finished by |
| 38% | BANDONTHERUN | 12 | 1973 triple-platinum album by Wings ... and what each of three answers to starred clues is, literally |
| 37% | BRADPITT | 8 | "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1995 and 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LIVE | 4 | "___ to Tell" 1986 pop song by Madonna that was a part of her third studio album "True Blue" |
| 37% | APR | 3 | Great time to be a tax whiz, briefly |
| 37% | TIME | 4 | "First ___," 2017 song by Ellie Goulding and DJ Kygo which was a part of his album "Stargazing" |
| 37% | FOR2 | 4 | To be shared by a couple |
| 37% | JUMPMAN | 7 | 2015 Drake and Future hit produced by Metro Boomin |
| 37% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | A popular social media platform where people share pictures and videos to followers, whose icon is represented by a camera |
| 37% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 37% | OPEL | 4 | German automaker that was originally a sewing machine company, and then owned by GM from 1929 to 2017 |
| 36% | EPIC | 4 | To be remembered for a very long time |
| 36% | ADUE | 4 | To be sung by a couple, in music |
| 36% | NEWYEAR | 7 | Time to start a fresh calendar and resolutions |
| 36% | LITHE | 5 | To be slender and graceful, like a ballerina |
| 36% | FEAROFTHEDARK | 13 | 9th album by 40a, whose self-titled song went on to become a worldwide hit, especially once the live version was released: 4 wds. |
| 36% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 36% | SHELDON | 7 | "Young ___," comedy series created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro for CBS which is a spin-off prequel to 30a |
| 36% | JOVIAL | 6 | To be warm and friendly in a welcoming manner |