| 100% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Concerned only with the immediate future |
| 48% | SELFLESS | 8 | Concerned only with others |
| 46% | SHORTTERM | 9 | For the immediate future |
| 46% | NEARTERM | 8 | For the immediate future |
| 46% | LONGRUN | 7 | More than the immediate future |
| 44% | OMEN | 4 | What could make the immediate future tense? |
| 41% | VISIONARY | 9 | Person with foresight into the future |
| 41% | SEER | 4 | One with visions of the future |
| 41% | ASTRO | 5 | Concerned with the stars |
| 41% | EYETO | 5 | With an ___ the future |
| 41% | TENUOUSLY | 9 | With only the flimsiest connection |
| 40% | ALASKANS | 8 | Ones with the motto "North to the Future" |
| 40% | PSYCHIC | 7 | Someone with the ability to see the future |
| 40% | IOWA | 4 | State with the only two-vowel postal code |
| 40% | HISTORICAL | 10 | Concerned with events of the past |
| 40% | ONEOF | 5 | With 102-Across, not the only |
| 40% | EMU | 3 | The only bird with calf muscles |
| 40% | EMUS | 4 | The only birds with calf muscles |
| 40% | ORAL | 4 | Concerning the mouth, as with health |
| 39% | CONNEMARA | 9 | Irish region with the country's only native pony |
| 39% | ABSORBENTMINDED | 15 | Concerned with the quality of paper towels? |
| 39% | SALTED | 6 | With 23-Across, saved for the future |
| 39% | CHOWCHOW | 8 | The only dog with a black tongue |
| 39% | XENON | 5 | The only chemical element starting with X |
| 39% | EARTH | 5 | The only solar planet with one moon |
| 39% | DAYTODAY | 8 | Without concern for the future |
| 39% | THREEVICEPRESIDENTS | 19 | FDR: The only one with __ |
| 39% | ALASKA | 6 | Northwestern US state with the motto "North to the Future" |
| 39% | OPEL | 4 | German automaker with the slogan "The Future Is Everyone's" |
| 39% | CNET | 4 | Website with the slogan "Your guide to a better future" |