| 100% | LATE | 4 | Arriving at 4:30 when the appointment was for 4:00, for example |
| 41% | ETD | 3 | Consideration for when to arrive at the airport: Abbr. |
| 41% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was visiting my cousin at the time," for example |
| 39% | PUN | 3 | “Some aquatic mammals at the zoo escaped. It was otter chaos!,” for example |
| 38% | SAD | 3 | Term for depressive periods when sunset happens at 4 pm and dawn appears at 9 am |
| 37% | ALIBI | 5 | "I couldn't have robbed the bank-I was at the movies with my mother," for example |
| 37% | ETA | 3 | When the pilot is due in, for short |
| 37% | TUE | 3 | Day this week when BAS was at 1-Across for the Atlantic crossword: abbr. |
| 36% | LOADED | 6 | State when the truck is full or slang for rich |
| 36% | THEORIES | 8 | "Sandy died at the beginning of Grease" and "Ferris Bueller is a figment of Cameron's imagination," for example |
| 36% | LATE | 4 | Arriving when the band is packing up, say |
| 36% | ECLIPSE | 7 | When the moon blocks out the sun, for example |
| 35% | CIVILTWILIGHT | 13 | When the sun is at or just below the horizon |
| 35% | NOON | 4 | Time when the sun is at the highest |
| 35% | MALL | 4 | The Marketplace at Steamtown, for example |
| 35% | MYTH | 4 | The Earth is flat, for example |
| 35% | PUN | 3 | "A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion," for example |
| 35% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 35% | BABYSITS | 8 | Cares for a child when the guardian is out |
| 35% | TRASHDAY | 8 | When your cans are at the curb |
| 34% | ROOT | 4 | Square ___ (what 4 is to 16, for example) |
| 34% | ETA | 3 | When an EMT is due at the ER |
| 34% | ERR | 3 | Put this answer in the space for 4-Across, for example |
| 34% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g. |
| 34% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is due at the gate: Abbr. |
| 34% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is expected at the gate: Abbr. |
| 34% | PDA | 3 | Kissing at the airport, for example: Abbr. |
| 34% | PUTT | 4 | Soft golf shot for when the ball is close to the hole |
| 34% | KETTLE | 6 | Water-boiling vessel that whistles when the water is ready for tea |
| 33% | INDIEMOVIE | 10 | Margot at the Wedding or Rachel Getting Married, for example |