| 100% | DANDY | 5 | Beau has time with new duke |
| 40% | DEPART | 6 | New padre with time to leave |
| 40% | DAILY | 5 | New York Times podcast, with "The" |
| 39% | ESCORT | 6 | Accompany new score with time |
| 38% | ARTS | 4 | New York Times section that has the crossword |
| 38% | DEPART | 6 | New padre has time to set off |
| 37% | EZRA | 4 | Klein with a New York Times podcast |
| 37% | ENJOY | 5 | Have a great time with |
| 37% | MIT | 3 | New England university that has a rivalry with Caltech: Abbr. |
| 37% | TACO | 4 | With 42-Across, time to have a folded Mexican food |
| 37% | WINTER | 6 | New in terrain, having time |
| 36% | SHEEP | 5 | New Zealand has five times more of these animals than people |
| 36% | SERIFS | 6 | What Times New Roman has that Helvetica doesn't |
| 35% | LAUPER | 6 | Cyndi who had a 1983 hit with Time After Time |
| 35% | MLB | 3 | The New York Yankees have won this 27 times: Abbr. |
| 35% | TRITON | 6 | Threesome with time on new moon |
| 35% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Infielder who wore number 13 during his time with the New York Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 35% | WNET | 4 | New York channel branded as "Thirteen" and has the slogan, "Media with Impact" |
| 35% | ANKA | 4 | He had a #4 hit with "It's Time to Cry" |
| 34% | HUMAN | 5 | With 2-Down, it has roughly tripled in size since the time of australopithecines |
| 34% | LPGA | 4 | With 14-Across, Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam have each won this several times |
| 34% | ATUL | 4 | ___ Gawande, surgeon with the #1 New York Times best seller "Being Mortal" |
| 34% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" |
| 33% | TWENTYFIVE | 10 | With 26-Down, the place of today's puzzle among all New York Times crosswords |
| 32% | NIKI | 4 | Supermodel Taylor, who simultaneously had six large billboards with her image in Times Square |
| 32% | HEURE | 5 | Time with monsieur |
| 32% | ERAS | 4 | Times with names |
| 32% | FRESH | 5 | With 28 Across, a new beginning (and with how 2020 has gone, we might all need it) |
| 32% | FIVE | 4 | With 102-Across, London-New York time difference |
| 32% | AARON | 5 | With 30-Across, New York Yankees slugger who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2022 |