| 100% | KILLTIME | 8 | Engage in pointless work to while away the hours |
| 44% | LOAF | 4 | While away the hours |
| 44% | FUTZAROUND | 10 | While away the hours |
| 44% | LAZED | 5 | Whiled away the hours |
| 44% | LOAFED | 6 | Whiled away the hours |
| 36% | OVERTIME | 8 | In addition to normal working hours |
| 34% | DRIBBLE | 7 | In basketball, to bounce the ball while moving |
| 34% | REF | 3 | One whistling while working in the Garden? |
| 34% | ITSLATE | 7 | “I have to work in the morning . . .” |
| 34% | COMMUTERS | 9 | People who travel to work in the city |
| 34% | FOOLAROUND | 10 | Engage in some horseplay ... or a hint to the words spelled out in the circles |
| 33% | NETS | 4 | While working in a kitchen it is sometimes mandatory to wear hair___ |
| 33% | SLED | 4 | Toy to sit on while going downhill in the snow |
| 33% | HAYES | 5 | First president to visit the West Coast while in office |
| 33% | TUXEDOJUNCTION | 14 | "Where people go to dance the night away," in song |
| 33% | LAZE | 4 | While away the time |
| 33% | IDLED | 5 | Whiled away the time |
| 32% | LEAN | 4 | "___ In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" (bestseller by Sheryl Sandberg) |
| 32% | HOE | 3 | A tool used to make furrows in the ground while gardening |
| 32% | COFFEE | 6 | ___ badging (swiping in at the office before heading to work remotely) |
| 32% | LURCH | 5 | Manservant to The Addams Family in works by cartoonist Charles Addams |
| 32% | IVANKA | 6 | The Trump who wrote "The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life" |
| 32% | INT | 3 | Undesirable result of trying to make a pass in working hours (abbr.) |
| 32% | OVAL | 4 | Shape of the office that Joe Biden would like to work in |
| 32% | ARTISTICLICENSE | 15 | Interpretive freedom, or the authorization to produce each work in this puzzle? |
| 32% | BALLJOINT | 9 | *Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 32% | BALLJOINT | 9 | Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 32% | IDLED | 5 | Whiled away the time doing nothing |
| 31% | STEWPITDITTY | 12 | Song to sing while slow-cooking dinner in a hole in the ground? |
| 31% | SLAVE | 5 | 27-Across was the last US president to own one while in Office |