| 100% | SANDS | 5 | "Like ___ through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" |
| 64% | ARE | 3 | "... so ___ the days of our lives" |
| 53% | ARE | 3 | Queen's "These ___ the Days of Our Lives" |
| 50% | SOAP | 4 | ___ opera, television genre for shows like "Days of Our Lives" or "The Bold and the Beautiful" |
| 50% | EPS | 3 | The Time of Our Lives and She Is Coming, for Miley Cyrus |
| 49% | LIVES | 5 | "These Are the Days of Our ___," 1991 song by Queen that reminisces the days gone by |
| 48% | SHY | 3 | Like someone who's unlikely to be the life of the party |
| 47% | HAS | 3 | "This ___ been the best day of my life!" |
| 46% | SOAP | 4 | ___ opera (show like "Days of Our Lives") |
| 46% | REST | 4 | "Today is the first day of the ___ of your life" |
| 44% | SUZANNEROGERS | 13 | Actress who joined the cast of "Days of Our Lives" in 1973 and is still appearing as Maggie Horton: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HOURGLASS | 9 | Timer in the opening sequence of "Days of Our Lives" |
| 43% | READ | 4 | Actor James who plays Clyde Weston on the still-running "Days of Our Lives" |
| 43% | NOW | 3 | "__ is the winter of our discontent": Shak. |
| 42% | OLDEN | 5 | Like the days of yore |
| 41% | HOSEA | 5 | Ye are the sons of the living God source |
| 41% | STEVIE | 6 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" singer Wonder |
| 41% | YOU | 3 | Stevie Wonder's "___ Are the Sunshine of My Life" |
| 41% | LONGEST | 7 | Like the day of the summer solstice |
| 41% | ASANA | 5 | Yoga position like the ones at 9a and 15d that you will encounter during a day of practicing yoga |
| 41% | INEXILE | 7 | Like Napoleon at the end of his life |
| 41% | THOSE | 5 | "___ were the days!" (end of a reminiscence) |
| 40% | RICHARDIII | 10 | Shakespeare play that begins "Now is the winter of our discontent" |
| 40% | SUM | 3 | "We are the ___ total of our experiences" |
| 40% | DAYS | 4 | "... those were the best ___ of my life..." |
| 40% | OLDEN | 5 | Like days of the past |
| 40% | BORE | 4 | Far from being the life of the party |
| 40% | VARIETY | 7 | It is the spice of life, proverbially speaking |
| 40% | ALEXA | 5 | "___, what is the meaning of life?" (modern query) |
| 40% | LEFT | 4 | "My ___ Foot," biographical drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis which is based on the life of Christy Brown |