| 86% | PAST | 4 | "I will live in the ___, the Present, and the Future" (part 3) |
| 49% | ARMY | 4 | "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the ___" (song from "White Christmas") |
| 43% | BREL | 4 | "Jacques ___ Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" (1968 musical) |
| 42% | ROLL | 4 | (6/8) "Now that all your fillings are in, let's ___ up the burrito and make sure the shape is right!" |
| 40% | AVOCADO | 7 | ___ toast (guacamole fruit), open sandwich that became popular in the 2010s and is now a breakfast staple |
| 39% | BIFF | 4 | ___ Tannen, businessman who is the antagonist in "Back to the Future" |
| 39% | OUR | 3 | "Be ___ Guest" (song in "Beauty and the Beast") |
| 39% | TEM | 3 | President Pro ___ ("For the time being," in Latin) |
| 39% | SPUR | 4 | "Ola! I'm ___ cola, a dupe of cola! I was launched in 1948 and I'm synonymous with the San Antonio NBA team" |
| 39% | PAST | 4 | ___, present, and the future |
| 39% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 39% | LOOP | 4 | "Keep me in the ___" (informed) |
| 39% | WATCH | 5 | I live on your wrist and predict the future |
| 39% | MILES | 5 | "And I would walk 500 ___..." (lyrics by The Proclaimers) |
| 38% | DIET | 4 | "Ola! I'm ___ Rite, a dupe of cola! I was introduced in the late 1950s and was one of the first colas with zero calories!" |
| 38% | LOOP | 4 | "Keep me in the ___!" (informed) |
| 38% | BIND | 4 | "I'm really in a ___" ("This is quite the dilemma") |
| 38% | JACUZZI | 7 | "I got the words ___ and yakuza confused. Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia." (Dad joke) |
| 38% | SMORE | 5 | The first recipe for one was published in "Tramping and Trailing With the Girl Scouts" (1927) |
| 37% | PAST | 4 | Present, in the future |
| 37% | SPOON | 5 | "There is no ___," dialogue from the movie "The Matrix" which hints toward living in a simulation |
| 37% | DELOREAN | 8 | DMC ___, car model that was modified into a time machine in "Back to the Future" |
| 37% | MARTY | 5 | ___ McFly, time-traveling teenager who is the protagonist in "Back to the Future" |
| 37% | KNOW | 4 | Be in the ___ (be aware) |
| 37% | HARD | 4 | "Awkwardly stretching and yawning, it's always ___ in the morning" (song lyric from 2006) |
| 37% | NEAR | 4 | In the ___ future (soon) |
| 37% | COULD | 5 | "___ You Be Loved" (Bob Marley and the Wailers) |
| 36% | OIL | 3 | "Data is the new ___" (popular wisdom in economics) |
| 36% | GODOWN | 6 | "I will ___ in history as the greatest..." (make a name): 2 wds. |
| 36% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Coltrane, saxophonist and "A Love Supreme" musician who is considered one of the most influential figures in jazz |