| 100% | RECTIME | 7 | An hour in the prison yard, e.g. |
| 46% | NAPTIME | 7 | An hour or two in the afternoon, maybe |
| 45% | SKI | 3 | Compete in the Super G, e.g. |
| 42% | EOM | 3 | Abbr. in the subject of an e-mail that has no body |
| 42% | ENL | 3 | In the U.S.M.C., e.g. |
| 42% | ENL | 3 | In the 29-Down, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 41% | DOE | 3 | Rae, the deer in an Olive Brinker webcomic, e.g. |
| 41% | ESTIMATED | 9 | It's the E in an aircraft's ETA |
| 40% | MEANIE | 6 | Bowser in the Super Mario series, e.g. |
| 40% | SICKOS | 6 | Villains in the "28-Down" films, e.g. |
| 40% | DOG | 3 | Buddy in the movie "Air Bud," e.g. |
| 40% | BASSO | 5 | Voice in the role of Mefistofele, e.g. |
| 40% | PROS | 4 | Athletes in the NFL or NBA, e.g. |
| 40% | ORB | 3 | Sphere in the sky (moon, for e.g.) |
| 40% | ADOBES | 6 | Buildings in the Pueblo Revival style, e.g. |
| 40% | ALUM | 4 | Person in the class of '25, e.g. |
| 40% | MEME | 4 | Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023, e.g. |
| 40% | WHALE | 5 | Humphrey in the 2020 film "Dolittle," e.g. |
| 40% | RULE | 4 | "Don't run in the house," e.g. |
| 40% | RADIOSHOW | 9 | "Imus in the Morning," e.g. |
| 40% | DUET | 4 | "Islands in the Stream," e.g. |
| 40% | CRAM | 4 | Start studying for an exam in the 11th hour |
| 40% | RAISE | 5 | $10 to $12 an hour, e.g. |
| 40% | INN | 3 | The Tabard in "The Canterbury Tales," e.g. |
| 40% | DISSIDENT | 9 | Andrei Sakharov in the Soviet era, e.g. |
| 40% | RHINO | 5 | Lord Rataxes, in the Babar books, e.g. |
| 40% | FAD | 3 | Pokémon Go, in the late 2010s, e.g. |
| 40% | PERK | 4 | Free snacks in the break room, e.g. |
| 40% | FAD | 3 | Bottle flipping in the mid-2010s, e.g. |
| 40% | ORPHAN | 6 | Bruce Wayne in the Batman comics, e.g. |