| 100% | NEANDERTHAL | 11 | Extinct species of man occurring throughout much of Europe in Palaeolithic times |
| 32% | ATWAR | 5 | Like much of Europe beginning in 1939 |
| 31% | EDEN | 4 | Where the fall of man occurred, in the Bible |
| 30% | NICKADAMS | 9 | Protagonist for much of Hemingway's In Our Time |
| 30% | LOSE | 4 | What people do in casinos most of the time |
| 29% | CONTEMPORANEOUS | 15 | Occurring in the same period of time |
| 29% | NOTDONE | 7 | In need of more oven time, maybe |
| 29% | ASEA | 4 | Like Brandy's lover in the song, most of the time |
| 28% | ERA | 3 | Most common answer in New York Times crosswords (more than 6% of all puzzles) |
| 28% | DAMPEST | 7 | Most in need of some time in the sun, maybe |
| 28% | PRIMP | 5 | Spend much time in front of the mirror |
| 28% | OBEYS | 5 | What a participant in Yale's Milgram experiment of 1961 does, most of the time |
| 28% | STRESS | 6 | Result of having too much to do in too short a time, probably |
| 28% | COMPUTER | 8 | Named Time man of the year in 1982, the __ |
| 27% | PALER | 5 | Even more in need of some time in the sun |
| 27% | EGG | 3 | Object in the most-liked Instagram post of all time |
| 27% | SALMONELLA | 10 | Genus of bacteria occurring mainly in the gut, many species of which cause food poisoning |
| 27% | LEA | 3 | Actress Michele who was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2023 |
| 27% | LORRE | 5 | Player of the villain in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" |
| 27% | DAUMIER | 7 | One of the most important men in modern art, per Baudelaire |
| 26% | MESSI | 5 | International athlete who twice made Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world |
| 26% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 8-Across, comic named one of Time's "100 most influential people" in 2006 |
| 26% | MINI | 4 | ___ skirt, short fashion of the 2000s, rocked by Britney Spears in "...Baby One More Time" |
| 26% | SERFS | 5 | Most of Europe abolished them by 1861 |
| 26% | MONGOL | 6 | Invader of Europe in 1241 |
| 26% | FRIDAYTHE13TH | 13 | This occurs at least once - and never more than three times - in a year |
| 25% | MEGALODON | 9 | Enormous, now extinct species of shark |
| 25% | HIBERNIA | 8 | Name of Ireland in classical times |
| 25% | EPOCH | 5 | Span of years in geologic time |