| 100% | JIMCROCE | 8 | "Time in a Bottle" singer: 2 wds. |
| 93% | JIMCROCE | 8 | "Time in a Bottle" singer (2 wds.) |
| 73% | THEPOLICE | 9 | "Message in a Bottle" band: 2 wds. |
| 70% | CROCE | 5 | "Time in a Bottle" singer |
| 70% | CROCE | 5 | “Time in a Bottle” singer |
| 70% | JIMCROCE | 8 | “Time in a Bottle” singer |
| 69% | CROCE | 5 | "Time in a Bottle" singer Jim |
| 69% | JIM | 3 | "Time in a Bottle" singer Croce |
| 69% | CROCE | 5 | “Time in a Bottle” singer Jim |
| 67% | BLUSHWINE | 9 | Pink-colored alcohol in a bottle: 2 wds. |
| 65% | MADEBANK | 8 | Earned lots of money in a short time: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ONICE | 5 | Cooling in a bucket, as a bottle of champagne: 2 wds. |
| 62% | UPONA | 5 | "Once ___ time, in a land far away..": 2 wds. |
| 62% | AGESAGO | 7 | A very long time in the past: 2 wds. |
| 62% | MARTYMCFLY | 10 | Time-traveling teen in a DeLorean: 2 wds. |
| 61% | CHRISTINA | 9 | __ Aguilera, Genie in a Bottle singer |
| 61% | AGUILERA | 8 | Genie In A Bottle singer Christina |
| 61% | UPONA | 5 | "Once ___ time, in a land far, far away": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as in a play: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DRINKME | 7 | Words on a bottle that Alice finds in 17a which causes her to shrink in size: 2 wds. |
| 59% | AGED | 4 | In a bottle for a long time |
| 59% | XTINA | 5 | "Genie in a Bottle" singer, to fans |
| 58% | BABYOIL | 7 | Bottle in a diaper bag, maybe (2 wds.) |
| 58% | CHRISTINA | 9 | With 51-Across, "Genie in a Bottle" singer |
| 58% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 58% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BRYANTROTTIER | 13 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game two times for the New York Islanders: 2 wds. |
| 57% | YEARSAGO | 8 | A long time in the past (2 wds.) |
| 56% | IMCOMING | 8 | "Be there in a second!": 2 wds. |
| 56% | POINTB | 6 | Destination in a simple itinerary: 2 wds. |