| 100% | TRY | 3 | "These are the times that __ men's souls": Paine |
| 81% | PAINE | 5 | "These are the times that try men's souls" writer |
| 81% | PAINE | 5 | "These are the times that try men's souls" writer Thomas |
| 80% | PAINE | 5 | Tom who wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" |
| 76% | THESE | 5 | "___ are the times that try men's souls" |
| 67% | MENS | 4 | "These are the times that try ___ souls" |
| 48% | THESE | 5 | ''___ are the times ...'' (Thomas Paine quote) |
| 47% | JACKBUILT | 9 | This is the house that __, repeating nursery rhyme |
| 46% | FADES | 5 | Men's haircuts that are long on top and buzzed on the side |
| 45% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 45% | FUTURE | 6 | The time ahead, that which is to come |
| 44% | SIRICA | 6 | Judge John who was Time's 1973 Man of the Year |
| 44% | DAVIDHO | 7 | AIDS researcher who was Time's 1996 Man of the Year |
| 44% | PEAK | 4 | Like times that are the most expensive |
| 44% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 44% | ALITTLEBIRDIE | 13 | Secret's source ... that can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 44% | TAB | 3 | Diet cola that's being discontinued at the end of this month |
| 44% | SADAT | 5 | World leader who was Time magazine's 1977 Man of the Year |
| 43% | WATERGATE | 9 | All the President's Men was about this 1970s event |
| 43% | DAILYPLANET | 11 | Publication that is the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | JACKBUILT | 9 | Nursery rhyme: This Is the House that __ |
| 43% | SPEAKNOW | 8 | “This is the time to say something” |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | Time period that's often the savior of many crossword constructors (as in this instance) |
| 43% | SATS | 4 | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
| 43% | WHEN | 4 | Question wife as that man is not the first |
| 43% | CROWN | 5 | Heavy is the head that wears this |
| 43% | CREW | 4 | ___ cut, military-inspired men's haircut, sported by John Cena, that was popular in the '80s |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | "These ___ the times that ..." |
| 42% | IRA | 3 | Man's name that can also be the initials of a financial plan |
| 42% | LEW | 3 | Man's nickname that omits the "is" at the end |