| 100% | TIME | 4 | "The ___ Machine," HG Wells' post-apocalyptic novella that's now also a hypothetical machine that can take one to the past or future |
| 32% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 31% | NYT | 3 | Pub. that predicted it would take one to 10 million years to invent a flying machine, two months before the first airplane flight |
| 30% | TIME | 4 | ___ travel, superpower common to Marvel's Doctor Strange and DC's Flash that allows them to visit the past or future |
| 30% | THELASTOF | 9 | "___ Us," one of the best-selling PlayStation video games released in 2013 that is set in a post-apocalyptic U.S.: 3 wds. |
| 29% | NOODLE | 6 | Ramen or pasta piece ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 28% | DELOREAN | 8 | DMC ___, car model that was modified into a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 28% | DELOREAN | 8 | Car that becomes a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 28% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 27% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 27% | SLICE | 5 | "Take a ___ of lime or lemon and add it to your drink. You can also keep one aside for garnishing!" |
| 27% | TEN | 3 | Roll that could get you from one corner of a Monopoly board to the next |
| 27% | DEPOSIT | 7 | You can take that to the bank |
| 27% | DAS | 3 | Word that can precede EFX or Racist to create the name of a hip-hop group |
| 26% | IMONAROLL | 9 | "Things could not be going better for me!" ... or a hint to the placement of the circled letters |
| 26% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 26% | ABEAUTIFULMIND | 14 | 2001 biopic starring Russell Crowe that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (3 wds.) |
| 26% | GREENBOOK | 9 | 2018 drama starring Mahershala Ali that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 26% | CARD | 4 | (3/10) "The second item on the shopping list is a greeting ___ that you can send out to loved ones!" |
| 26% | BOEING | 6 | Are you ready to travel through time? First, let's go to the 1970s! What will you see here? ___ 747 Jet, airplane that you could take a ride in |
| 26% | THEARTIST | 9 | 2011 mostly silent drama starring Jean Dujardin that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 26% | GOAT | 4 | Modern "best of the best" acronym that's also a farm animal |
| 25% | LIBRARY | 7 | (2/5) Now to getting the book, you could buy one or go to the ___ to borrow one off the shelf? |
| 25% | HOLEINONE | 9 | The best score one can get in golf, also called ace, and is a very rare occurrence: 3 wds. |
| 25% | FELIX | 5 | ___ Felicis, a potion that's also called "Liquid Luck" which grants luck to the drinker |
| 25% | ANGELSHARK | 10 | One of the rarest creatures, that looks more like a Manta Ray than a Great White, now critically endangered due to fishing: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IRA | 3 | Man's name that can also be the initials of a financial plan |
| 25% | ACTIVE | 6 | Like a volcano that's likely to erupt in the future |
| 25% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 25% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |