| 100% | REST | 4 | A period of relaxing and winding down |
| 44% | WINDDOWN | 8 | Relax at the end of a busy period |
| 44% | REEL | 4 | A line winds in and out of it |
| 42% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Period after young adulthood ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 42% | HORNBY | 6 | Nick, author of Fever Pitch and A Long Way Down |
| 42% | EVOLVE | 6 | Develop and change over a period of time |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | A period of time |
| 41% | SESSION | 7 | A period of gameplay |
| 41% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | Author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 41% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of a row; left to right, not up and down |
| 41% | BUDGET | 6 | Estimate of income and expenses for a set period |
| 41% | AVALANCHE | 9 | Mass of snow and rocks falling down a mountain |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | A long and distinct period of history |
| 41% | DECADE | 6 | A period of ten years |
| 41% | LUSTRA | 6 | A period of five years |
| 41% | HORNBY | 6 | Nick —, author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 40% | KAONS | 5 | Particles consisting of a strange quark and an up or down antiquark |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | A period of time in history |
| 40% | PEACE | 5 | Draught of ___, a potion that's known to bring down agitation and anxiety |
| 40% | SAINT | 5 | With 79 Down, canonized Norwegian king and the namesake of a Minnesota college |
| 40% | ESS | 3 | Part of a long and winding road? |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | A period of time of great importance |
| 39% | TRIMESTER | 9 | A period of three months during pregnancy |
| 39% | REBIRTH | 7 | A period of new life or revival |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | A period of time, Victorian, for one |
| 39% | DARKAGE | 7 | Hardly a period of enlightenment |
| 39% | RIDEOUTTHESTORM | 15 | *Weather a period of chaos |
| 39% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Medium for secret messages, and a hint to making sense of 12 Down answers |
| 39% | DROUGHT | 7 | A period of aridness or lack of rainfall |
| 39% | DROUGHT | 7 | A period of low rainfall or water shortage |