| 100% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher of "Somewhere in Time" and "Superman" |
| 75% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher of "Somewhere in Time" |
| 55% | REEVE | 5 | "Somewhere in Time" star Christopher |
| 54% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher who played Superman in the 1970s and 1980s |
| 53% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher ___, actor who portrayed Superman in the '70s and '80s |
| 53% | BEAT | 4 | Rhythmic and basic unit of time, in music |
| 49% | BACKWARDDAY | 11 | Time to do things out of order, or what appears in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across |
| 48% | CLAUDIA | 7 | Actress ___ Cardinale of "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Pink Panther" |
| 48% | MONSOON | 7 | I'm the time of year for donning umbrellas and dancing in the rain |
| 48% | MORN | 4 | Poetic time of day … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 48% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? |
| 48% | LANDLER | 7 | Folk dance in 3/4 time of Austria and Bavaria; a precursor of the waltz |
| 48% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher of Superman films |
| 48% | {SUGAR}CUBE | 11 | Lump in a cup of tea, and an element found three times in this puzzle |
| 48% | AGO | 3 | In times of yore |
| 47% | ABYSM | 5 | "In the dark backward and ___ of time?": Shak. |
| 47% | ERA | 3 | "___ of kings and castles..." (time period in history) |
| 47% | PORTALS | 7 | Create these doorways in time and space |
| 47% | SECRETARIAT | 11 | 95-Across who made the covers of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated in the same week |
| 47% | SQS | 3 | Times and Herald, in NYC |
| 47% | GETOVERIT | 9 | "Enough of the pity party!" ... and what appears four times in this puzzle? |
| 46% | THEGUARDIANS | 12 | Persecuted and endangered journalists who were Time Magazine's Persons of the Year in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ROSEPETAL | 9 | Symbol of time elapsed in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 45% | ROSEPETAL | 9 | Symbol of time passing in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 45% | AID | 3 | Help in time of need |
| 45% | SYMPATHY | 8 | Condolences in time of grief |
| 45% | RELIEF | 6 | Assistance in time of difficulty |
| 45% | LORN | 4 | Bereft, in times of yore |
| 45% | COMFORT | 7 | *Support in times of distress |
| 45% | EDO | 3 | "Tokyo," in times of yore |