| 56% | ALLOT | 5 | Assign, as a portion |
| 56% | ALLOT | 5 | Assign, as a share |
| 54% | EGGNOG | 6 | As a rule, a Christmas time drink |
| 53% | FREEUP | 6 | Clear, as a schedule slot |
| 52% | TIL | 3 | Up to, as a particular time |
| 52% | OPENEND | 7 | Without a time limit, as a contract |
| 51% | OPENEND | 7 | Without a time limit, as a contract: Hyph. |
| 51% | LAPSE | 5 | Run out after a time, as a subscription |
| 50% | TBA | 3 | Not yet filled, as a TV schedule slot: Abbr. |
| 50% | RATE | 4 | Assign a value to, as on Yelp |
| 50% | ATTHEGUN | 8 | As time expires, in a football game |
| 49% | UPON | 4 | "Once ___ a Time" (ABC series starring Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin) |
| 48% | SEATAT | 6 | Assign to, as a desk |
| 47% | POTTER | 6 | Waste time as a craftsman |
| 47% | POSTDATE | 8 | Indicate a later time, as on a check |
| 46% | BACCHANAL | 9 | A wild party with too much wine, as in Roman times |
| 45% | ALLOT | 5 | Assign portions, as a piece of land to heirs |
| 45% | RATE | 4 | Assign stars to, as a critic might |
| 43% | NOWS | 4 | "___ as good a time as any" |
| 43% | ONCUE | 5 | Perfectly timed, as a stage entrance: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RANUP | 5 | Incurred over time, as a bill |
| 43% | STIR | 4 | Mix repeatedly over a period of time, so as to avoid "clumping" |
| 43% | BOOT | 4 | Result of a parking violation ... as illustrated four times in this puzzle? |
| 43% | CHECKEREDPAST | 13 | Liability for a political candidate ... as depicted four times in this puzzle? |
| 43% | RATES | 5 | Assigns stars to, as a movie critic would do |
| 42% | BELATED | 7 | Not on time, as a birthday wish |
| 41% | INDUE | 5 | All ___ time: as a matter of course |
| 41% | ERGO | 4 | As a result |
| 41% | INSTEAD | 7 | As a proxy |
| 41% | INTOTO | 6 | As a whole |