| 100% | MIDNIGHT | 8 | Cinderella had to be back home at this time |
| 43% | CURFEW | 6 | Time when a teenager needs to be back home |
| 42% | MIDNIGHT | 8 | Cinderella should have left the party at this time |
| 42% | FEELS | 5 | "It ___ good to be back home!" |
| 40% | CLUE | 4 | A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| 39% | BYONE | 5 | When an office worker may have to be back from lunch |
| 39% | ANTE | 4 | You have to be upfront about this |
| 38% | MATH | 4 | People who are good at this often have something to prove |
| 38% | CURFEWS | 7 | Legal orders to be indoors at a specific time |
| 37% | SEED | 4 | Silene stenophylla produced the oldest - at about 32,000 years - one of these ever to have been successfully grown |
| 37% | ALOHAFRIDAY | 11 | Time for Hawaiians to be laid-back at work |
| 37% | DEADLINE | 8 | Time something has to be done by |
| 36% | CURFEW | 6 | Rule to be home by a certain time |
| 36% | AGAIN | 5 | "We have to do this a second time?" |
| 36% | LEANT | 5 | Was inclined to have meagre time |
| 36% | YOUNG | 5 | The Stingray Nebula has to be considered this, as far a nebulae go |
| 36% | MONACO | 6 | Microstate on the French Riviera which is home to Monte Carlo and which has almost eight times more tourists than local residents |
| 36% | IKEA | 4 | Big seller of furniture to be assembled at home |
| 36% | CURFEW | 6 | Time you are supposed to come home |
| 36% | NECESSITY | 9 | At times virtues are made of this |
| 36% | STORIES | 7 | These are read to children at bedtime |
| 36% | GETWHALEWISHES | 14 | These may have been given to Ishmael? |
| 35% | HULA | 4 | "Leave the ___ hoop at home!" reminder you might have received if you tried to spin this toy in Japan during the 1950s ban |
| 35% | PASSERBY | 8 | Witness who just happens to be there at the time |
| 35% | DOSE | 4 | Measure of medicine to be taken at a designated time |
| 35% | FLORIDA | 7 | This US state is home to Disney World |
| 35% | ORLEANS | 7 | This New city is home to beads and beignets |
| 35% | FLUSHING | 8 | These Meadows are home to the tennis US Open |
| 34% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Metropolis is home to this caped hero |
| 34% | THESPADESOFJACK | 15 | "You don't have to be a gardener to dig this book about Kerouac's tools" |