| 100% | HRS | 3 | 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. |
| 79% | HOURS | 5 | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., commonly |
| 79% | HRS | 3 | 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.: Abbr. |
| 76% | OPEN | 4 | Store sign between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. |
| 71% | MEALTIMES | 9 | 7 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., often |
| 70% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. |
| 69% | HOURS | 5 | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for example |
| 69% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell rings at 9:30 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily, for short |
| 63% | RUSSIANHOME | 11 | Like a Muscovite at 5 p.m.? |
| 63% | HRS | 3 | 12 A.M. and 12 P.M. |
| 59% | NOON | 4 | Halfway between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. |
| 57% | NOON | 4 | Separator of a.m. and p.m. |
| 57% | NOON | 4 | Time between A.M. and P.M. |
| 57% | SEOUL | 5 | Asian capital city whose name is a homophone of 5-Down and 9-Across |
| 56% | NOON | 4 | Between A.M. and P.M. |
| 55% | TIMESLOT | 8 | 9 p.m. is a prime example |
| 54% | HRS | 3 | 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., for N.Y. polls |
| 53% | HITTHESACKEARLY | 15 | Call it a night at 9 p.m. |
| 52% | BERRA | 5 | A.L. M.V.P., 1951, 1954 and 1955 |
| 51% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | A.L. M.V.P. in 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 51% | AROD | 4 | A.L. M.V.P. in 2005 and 2007, informally |
| 51% | ROCKCLIMBER | 11 | Athlete who might have a "belayed" reaction, and what 3-, 5-, 9-, and 30-Down each contain? |
| 51% | AROD | 4 | 2003 and '05 A.L. M.V.P. |
| 50% | HALFDAY | 7 | 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., say, for a worker |
| 48% | DENNY | 5 | 1968 A.L. M.V.P. and Cy Young winner ___ McLain |
| 47% | TROUT | 5 | Mike ___, two-time A.L. M.V.P. in 2014 and 2016 |
| 47% | AROD | 4 | Three-time A.L. M.V.P. (2003, 2005 and 2007), informally |
| 47% | RICHARDSROSS | 12 | Former track and field athlete Sanya ___ who was the world's best 400 m runner for a decade and who has won 5 Olympic medals: Hyph. |
| 46% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | 9:30 a.m. event at the NYSE, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 45% | NYSE | 4 | It opens at 9:30 a.m. ET, M-F |