| 100% | MIRE | 4 | "No time to wallow in the ___" (line from the Doors' "Light My Fire") |
| 49% | PYRE | 4 | "And our love become a funeral ___" (lyric from the Doors' "Light My Fire") |
| 45% | ORGAN | 5 | Keyboard instrument in the Doors song "Light My Fire" |
| 42% | STRIGIL | 7 | Small curved metal instrument used in ancient times to scrape dirt and sweat from the body |
| 42% | WARS | 4 | "Star ___," classic arcade game released by Atari in 1983 in which the goal is to survive for a set time from the shots fired by enemies |
| 41% | INN | 3 | "... no room for them in the ___" (line from the Book of Luke) |
| 40% | FISHEYES | 8 | "___ swimming in mucilage" (Kate's honest-as-usual reaction to the paisley design of Spencer's pajamas in the film Without Love and my favorite line from their movies) |
| 40% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Line of numbers from the top left to bottom right, in an algebraic matrix |
| 40% | SAVESITUATION | 13 | Time to bring in the closer |
| 39% | ABEL | 4 | Brother referred to in the biblical line "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| 39% | LAUNDRYNIGHT | 12 | Time to throw in the towel, perhaps |
| 38% | RAPTORS | 7 | Who “they” are, in the “Jurassic Park” line “Unless they figure out how to open doors” |
| 37% | RAMI | 4 | Malek who'll play the villain in "No Time to Die" |
| 37% | RIVERLEA | 8 | Song from "25" with the line "It's in my roots, it's in my veins" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MACBETH | 7 | Speaker of the line "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" |
| 37% | RAINS | 5 | "I bless the ___ down in Africa, gonna take some time to do ..." (lyric from a famous Toto song) |
| 37% | FIRE | 4 | "Light My ___," 1967 song by the Doors from their eponymous album |
| 37% | THEME | 5 | Billie Eilish sang the one from "No Time to Die" |
| 37% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |
| 37% | SEAM | 4 | Line from the ankle to the waist, say |
| 36% | HOURS | 5 | Long time to wait in line |
| 36% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 36% | LEAFS | 5 | As she ___ through the yellow pages, my eyes try in vain to grab a word or two from the handwriting |
| 36% | DAYS | 4 | From nine to five, in the classifieds |
| 36% | SOON | 4 | In next to no time |
| 36% | DAWN | 4 | Time to see the light? |
| 36% | LEASEYDOUX | 10 | "No Time to Die" actress who plays Caprice in "Crimes of the Future" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CRAIG | 5 | Daniel ___, actor who plays 8a in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 36% | HORIZON | 7 | Line that appears to separate the sea from the sky |