| 100% | WEBB | 4 | Finally, let's go back to the 2020s! What will you see here? James ___ Space Telescope, new-age space telescope launched in 2021 |
| 51% | IPOD | 4 | Let's go to the 2000s! What will you see here? You may see this Apple music device everywhere after its launch in 2001 |
| 48% | JEEP | 4 | Let's go to the 1940s! What will you see here? You will see this SUV being launched and becoming popular |
| 47% | GATE | 4 | Let's go to the 1930s! What will you see here? The Golden ___ Bridge, landmark in San Francisco that you can see after 1937 |
| 47% | PSY | 3 | Let's go to the 2010s! What will you see here? You will see this rapper performing the hit "Gangnam Style" in the year 2012 |
| 46% | POLIO | 5 | Let's go to the 1950s! What will you see here? You will see this disease slowly start to dwindle after the Salk vaccine is invented in 1955 |
| 43% | NEON | 4 | Let's go to the 1980s! What will you see here? You will see a lot of this bright shade used for clothes |
| 42% | HARLEM | 6 | Let's go to the 1920s! What will you see here? The ___ Renaissance, a revival of Afro-American culture across the 1920s and 1930s |
| 42% | BOEING | 6 | Are you ready to travel through time? First, let's go to the 1970s! What will you see here? ___ 747 Jet, airplane that you could take a ride in |
| 42% | TWIST | 5 | Let's go to the 1960s! What will you see here? You will see this dance inspired by rock and roll music where you turn and twirl |
| 38% | WEBB | 4 | James ___ Space Telescope, new-age space telescope launched in 2021 |
| 31% | TAGLINE | 7 | "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water," e.g. |
| 30% | ZOO | 3 | It's time to explore the beautiful place you're in, what are you visiting? Schedule your day! (1/3) Place to see lions and pandas |
| 27% | TWO | 3 | Pair count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 45d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 27% | FOUR | 4 | Beatles count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 35d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 27% | THREE | 5 | Trio number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 37d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 27% | SEVEN | 5 | Oft lucky number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 18d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 27% | NINE | 4 | Cat lives count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 3d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 27% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 27% | FIVE | 4 | Half of a decade or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 34d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 27% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 27% | EIGHT | 5 | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 26% | TIME | 4 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle |
| 26% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Webb Space Telescope, largest optical telescope in space that was launched in 2021 |
| 26% | UEY | 3 | What you can hang if you want to go back the other way |
| 26% | FOREST | 6 | What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle? |
| 26% | TIKTOK | 6 | You will see this social networking app going viral after its launch in 2016 |
| 26% | BELLS | 5 | Do you think Santa is here yet? (1/3) Let's see, do you hear the jingle of his ___? |
| 25% | THEBOSS | 7 | What James Brown “paid the cost to be,” in a 1973 song |
| 25% | WISHI | 5 | "___ could go back to the way things were": 2 wds. |