| 100% | LATE | 4 | After the scheduled starting time |
| 77% | EARLY | 5 | Before the scheduled start time |
| 54% | CUTSSHORT | 9 | Ends before the scheduled time |
| 54% | LATE | 4 | Reaching after the prescribed time |
| 54% | LATE | 4 | Arriving after the appointed time |
| 53% | LATE | 4 | After the expected time |
| 51% | EARLY | 5 | Before the scheduled time |
| 49% | BELATED | 7 | Arriving after the due time, expected |
| 49% | YEARONE | 7 | The start of time |
| 47% | SINCE | 5 | During the time after |
| 46% | THAW | 4 | Start to melt after leaving the freezer |
| 46% | MONDAY | 6 | Time named after the moon |
| 45% | RUNLATE | 7 | Go past the scheduled end time |
| 45% | TENAM | 5 | Leisurely time to start the workday |
| 45% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |
| 45% | TEE | 3 | ___ time (when golfers are scheduled to start playing) |
| 44% | SUNDOWN | 7 | Time when the street lights start to come on |
| 44% | BALLONE | 7 | Major-league count after the first pitch, about 42% of the time |
| 44% | SOLD | 4 | Auctioneer's cry after the starts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 43% | MODERN | 6 | Time frame after the Post-classical history period |
| 43% | JINX | 4 | Comment after saying something at the same time |
| 43% | BALLDROP | 8 | Iconic Times Square start to the New Year |
| 43% | TEE | 3 | ___ time (when a round of golf is scheduled to start) |
| 43% | MINECRAFT | 9 | After Tetris, the second-best-selling video game of all time |
| 43% | CANONS | 6 | Pieces with the same melody starting at different times |
| 43% | KWANZAA | 7 | Holiday festival that starts the day after 132-Across |
| 42% | DOSOMETHING | 11 | Call to action at times heard after the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 42% | ITSOUT | 6 | Call after the 72-Across crosses the 16-Down seven times and lands here |
| 41% | FUTURE | 6 | Period of time after the present |
| 41% | KNIGHT | 6 | Start on the first letter and finish on the last after 23 moves |