| 100% | GEARTO | 6 | Adjust for |
| 90% | TUNE | 4 | Adjust for pitch |
| 90% | ALTER | 5 | Adjust for fit |
| 90% | ADAPT | 5 | Adjust for repurposing |
| 89% | TUNES | 5 | Adjusts for pitch |
| 88% | RETUNE | 6 | Adjust for pitch again |
| 86% | ALTER | 5 | Adjust for a better fit |
| 86% | EDIT | 4 | Adjust for space limitations, say |
| 84% | RETUNE | 6 | Adjust for a second set, say |
| 84% | TUNE | 4 | Adjust for pitch, as a guitar |
| 84% | SETAHEAD | 8 | Adjust for daylight-saving time, maybe |
| 83% | RESETS | 6 | Adjusts for daylight saving, e.g. |
| 83% | RESETS | 6 | Adjusts for a time change, say |
| 83% | TUNES | 5 | Adjusts for pitch, as a guitar |
| 82% | RESET | 5 | Adjust for daylight saving time, e.g. |
| 76% | FORMAT | 6 | Adjust the margins of, for example |
| 76% | ALTER | 5 | Adjust, as for a better fit |
| 75% | REAL | 4 | With 8-Across, economic fig. adjusted for inflation |
| 73% | ETA | 3 | Approximation that may be adjusted for weather delays (Abbr.) |
| 71% | RESETS | 6 | Adjusts a clock for daylight saving time, say |
| 70% | DIMMERS | 7 | Switches for adjusting brightness |
| 70% | DST | 3 | Reason to adjust a clock, for short |
| 67% | HEM | 3 | Something for a tailor to adjust |
| 66% | ZOOMLENS | 8 | Photographer's attachment that can be adjusted for close-up shots (2 wds.) |
| 65% | DST | 3 | Initialism for adjusting clocks in the spring |
| 63% | DST | 3 | Initialism for adjusting clocks in the spring/fall |
| 62% | ZHIVAGO | 7 | "Doctor ___," one of the ten highest-grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation |
| 60% | TARED | 5 | Adjusted to account for a container's weight (and an anagram of 40 Across) |
| 58% | MADETIME | 8 | Adjusted one's schedule (for) |
| 53% | LOVE | 4 | "___ Story," 1970 film starring Ray Milland that's one of the highest-grossing films of all time adjusted for inflation |