| 100% | RIFT | 4 | Fissure, as in the space-time continuum |
| 52% | COSMICSURGERY | 13 | Fixing the space-time continuum? |
| 51% | EPOCHS | 6 | Periods in time such as the Pleistocene |
| 48% | FILECOMPRESSION | 15 | Aid in saving disk space, as displayed by the circled letters |
| 47% | BETWIXT | 7 | In the space separating two objects |
| 46% | TESSERACT | 9 | Object known as the Space Stone in Marvel movies |
| 46% | ETCH | 4 | Imprint, as in the memory |
| 46% | BASK | 4 | Luxuriate, as in the sun |
| 46% | SLID | 4 | Dropped, as in the polls |
| 46% | ETCH | 4 | Impress, as in the memory |
| 46% | SMITE | 5 | Strike, as in the Bible |
| 46% | UPTURN | 6 | Improvement, as in the economy |
| 46% | SIC | 3 | Just as in the original |
| 46% | RHO | 3 | P as in the Parthenon? |
| 46% | PRINTED | 7 | Ran, as in the papers |
| 45% | ORBITED | 7 | Revolved around the Earth, as in a space vehicle |
| 45% | SPUTNIK | 7 | First launch in the space race |
| 45% | SUN | 3 | Gainesville's daily, started in 1876 as the Times, but renamed in 1879 to this |
| 45% | SELECT | 6 | Name, as in the NFL draft |
| 45% | RISES | 5 | Gains, as in the stock market |
| 45% | OSSICLE | 7 | Small bone, as in the ear |
| 45% | INGRAIN | 7 | Fix deeply, as in the mind |
| 45% | GOWEAK | 6 | Lose strength, as in the knees |
| 45% | ACHE | 4 | Uncomfortable feeling, as in the stomach |
| 45% | SHRANK | 6 | Got smaller, as in the dryer |
| 45% | SMITE | 5 | Strike firmly, as in the Bible |
| 45% | BALLDROP | 8 | New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ___: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DROPDOWNMENU | 12 | Options at the top of a computer window … as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 45% | YET | 3 | In the time left |
| 45% | SINCE | 5 | In the intervening time |