| 100% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Harsh words regarding the past and the present? |
| 42% | AGO | 3 | Word for the past |
| 41% | ALIT | 4 | Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters |
| 40% | TENSES | 6 | Past and present |
| 40% | ALLTIME | 7 | Past and present |
| 39% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 39% | TIMETRAVELING | 13 | Journeying to the past and future |
| 39% | TENSES | 6 | Present and the like |
| 38% | MUSEUMS | 7 | Places where the past is often present |
| 38% | TENSES | 6 | Past and present for two |
| 38% | TENSES | 6 | Past and present, for verbs |
| 38% | TENSES | 6 | Past and present, for two |
| 38% | PAST | 4 | ___, present, and the future |
| 38% | GST | 3 | Abbr. for the former secret code word of a CIA compartment regarding interrogation and counter-terrorism programs |
| 37% | FUTURE | 6 | Past, present, and __ |
| 36% | SESAME | 6 | "Open ___," magical words from "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" |
| 36% | AGO | 3 | Word of expression to say 'in the past' |
| 36% | BETTER | 6 | The word between the sequence good and best |
| 36% | ERENOW | 6 | Before the present, in the past |
| 36% | TENSES | 6 | Future, past and present in linguistics |
| 36% | EVER | 4 | In the past, present, or future |
| 36% | EVER | 4 | In the past, present or future |
| 36% | TENSES | 6 | Past, present and future |
| 36% | TENSES | 6 | Past, present, and future |
| 36% | IDO | 3 | Words spoken by the bride and groom: 2 wds. |
| 36% | EXPRESS | 7 | To put into words; the fast and speedy version |
| 36% | OPENSESAME | 10 | Magic words in “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” |
| 36% | MEMORIES | 8 | Stored thoughts and feelings from the past |
| 36% | TENSE | 5 | Present, past, and future, in grammar, say |
| 36% | FUTURE | 6 | Not the past or present but this |