| 100% | SUNDIAL | 7 | Instrument for telling the time with shadows |
| 53% | SUNDIAL | 7 | Instrument that uses shadows to tell the time |
| 49% | HOURGLASS | 9 | Instrument for measuring time with sand |
| 43% | UKE | 3 | Instrument associated with the mnemonic "My dog has fleas," for short |
| 42% | SUNDIAL | 7 | Shadow-casting object to tell the time |
| 40% | UKE | 3 | Hawaiian stringed instrument, with a name originating from the Hawaiian language, for short |
| 39% | STOCKS | 6 | The —, historical instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy wooden frame with holes for the feet |
| 39% | EPSON | 5 | Company that began with the development of a printing timer for the 1964 Olympics |
| 39% | PRO | 3 | With 45-Across, for the time being |
| 39% | PRO | 3 | With 63-Across, for the time being |
| 39% | WILLIE | 6 | With 39-Across, singer whose "A Beautiful Time" won the Grammy for Best Country Album in 2023 |
| 39% | SUNDIAL | 7 | Garden accessory that tells the time |
| 39% | READ | 4 | Pass the time with a paperback |
| 39% | MARINEONE | 9 | Presidential carrier that flew with an all-women crew for the first time in 2009 |
| 39% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument for the Masses |
| 38% | PAPER | 5 | The times, for one |
| 38% | SUNDIAL | 7 | Garden ornament that uses shadows to tell the time |
| 38% | DRUMS | 5 | Instrument with the Purdie Shuffle and half-time groove |
| 38% | NOW | 3 | The time for action, often |
| 37% | BASSOON | 7 | Instrument for singer with nothing on |
| 37% | KAZOO | 5 | Instrument for the musically inept, maybe |
| 37% | BANJO | 5 | Instrument for the Soggy Bottom Boys |
| 37% | DEWCELL | 7 | Instrument for determining the dew point |
| 37% | JUMP | 4 | Word with "time" to indicate the plot for time travel movies like "Back to the Future" and "Interstellar" |
| 37% | GUITAR | 6 | Instrument for The Romeros, a classical quartet |
| 37% | KAZOO | 5 | Musical instrument for the nonmusical |
| 37% | SUNDIALS | 8 | Garden instruments for estimating time |
| 37% | TOETAP | 6 | Keep time with the foot |
| 36% | BEING | 5 | For the time ___ |
| 36% | BEING | 5 | For the time __ |