| 100% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" time for tots (and their parents) |
| 59% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" time for tots |
| 59% | TWOS | 4 | “Terrible” time for tots |
| 52% | TWOS | 4 | Terrible time for tykes? |
| 50% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" phase for toddlers (and for their parents) |
| 50% | GOATS | 5 | Kids and their parents |
| 49% | DAYCARES | 8 | Places for tots and toys |
| 47% | STONEAGE | 8 | Time for Fred and Wilma |
| 47% | BDAY | 4 | Time for cake and prezzies |
| 47% | BIRTHDAY | 8 | Time for cake and candles |
| 46% | NOON | 4 | Time for mad dogs and Englishmen |
| 46% | BDAY | 4 | Time for cake and candles, for short |
| 45% | SYNDROME | 8 | "The Stockholm ___," episode of "The Big Bang Theory" where Bernadette and Howard leave their kids for the first time |
| 45% | BDAY | 4 | Time for cake and presents, for short: Hyph. |
| 45% | DUE | 3 | ___ date (important time for expecting parents) |
| 44% | ACTTWO | 6 | Time for the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 44% | OGRES | 5 | Fiona, Shrek, and their triplets, for example |
| 44% | TWOS | 4 | Terrible ___ (stage for a tot) |
| 44% | TIDE | 4 | Time and ___ wait for none |
| 43% | LEAVE | 5 | Time off for a new parent |
| 43% | HEM | 3 | ___ and haw (stall for time) |
| 42% | DADAS | 5 | Certain parents, to their tots |
| 42% | FAM | 3 | Siblings and parents, for short |
| 42% | HAWED | 5 | Hemmed and ___ (stalled for time) |
| 42% | TWOS | 4 | "Terrible" time for tykes |
| 42% | HIGHCHAIRS | 10 | Perches for tots, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 41% | MIDDLEAGES | 10 | Time appropriate for 17-, 26- and 44-Across? |
| 41% | ETS | 3 | Time Lords and Daleks, e.g., for short |
| 41% | ONCE | 4 | ___ and for all (for the last time) |
| 41% | PTA | 3 | Collaborative association for parents and teachers |