| 100% | DUE | 3 | In ___ course (when the time is right) |
| 76% | DEB | 3 | She'll come out when the time is right |
| 64% | WAITS | 5 | Holds off until the time is right |
| 63% | PLACE | 5 | "I was in the right ___ at the right time" |
| 61% | INDUETIME | 9 | When the moment is right |
| 60% | AWOL | 4 | When someone in the army doesn't report in without being given time off: Abbr. |
| 58% | PROTEM | 6 | For the time being, in some titles |
| 57% | TEM | 3 | President Pro ___ ("For the time being," in Latin) |
| 56% | HARVEST | 7 | The time when all crops are gathered |
| 56% | NITE | 4 | When the stars are out, in adspeak |
| 56% | ACTI | 4 | When "Time Warp" is sung in the musical "The Rocky Horror Show" |
| 56% | ATNOON | 6 | When the sun is highest in the sky |
| 55% | ETA | 3 | When the pilot is due in, for short |
| 55% | AGAPE | 5 | When the mouth is wide open in surprise |
| 55% | DAY | 3 | Time when the sun is out |
| 55% | NOON | 4 | Time when the sun is highest |
| 55% | TWENTYNINTHOFFEBRUARY | 21 | When the people featured in this puzzle were born |
| 54% | LUCILLE | 7 | Civil-rights activist Times who was instrumental in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 54% | END | 3 | The time when credits to a movie are often shown |
| 54% | NOON | 4 | Time when the sun is at the highest |
| 53% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | When the skeletons in one's closet might be brought out |
| 53% | SKISEASON | 9 | Time when the slopes are most crowded (2 wds.) |
| 53% | PLACE | 5 | In the right ___ at the right time |
| 53% | NOV | 3 | When Thanksgiving is, in the US: Abbr. |
| 53% | ETES | 4 | Times when ecoles are not in session |
| 53% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 52% | DRYSEASON | 9 | Time when the risk of bushfires is highest |
| 52% | RUSHHOUR | 8 | Time of day when roads are the busiest |
| 52% | DUE | 3 | In ___ course (at the expected time) |
| 52% | HER | 3 | That woman is in the right |