| 100% | THEMUSIC | 8 | It's time to face this or accept the consequences |
| 41% | SHIP | 4 | It's time to plan a trip to distant lands! How are you reaching there? (1/5) Sea transport, like the Grand Princess or Wonder of the Seas |
| 41% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 41% | DOTHEMATH | 9 | "Figure it out!" … or how to arrive at this puzzle's solution, using the answers to italicized clues |
| 40% | ODOR | 4 | Sign it's time to clean out the fridge |
| 40% | ODOR | 4 | Sign it's time to clean the litter box |
| 40% | DUSTYJACKET | 11 | Sign that it's time to clean the closet? |
| 39% | ODOR | 4 | Indication that it's time to take out the trash |
| 39% | ODOR | 4 | Sign that it's time to take out the trash |
| 39% | ODORS | 5 | Signs that it's time to take out the trash |
| 39% | LIVED | 5 | It's time to close the chapter of your fairy tale! (1/3) "And they all ___..." |
| 39% | PAY | 3 | "It's time to ___ the piper" |
| 38% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 38% | THEDOUBT | 8 | It's generous to give someone the benefit of this |
| 38% | SHADOW | 6 | It's used to tell the time on a sundial |
| 38% | FACEDTHEMUSIC | 13 | Accepted the consequences of one's actions, and what the artists did with the hits in this puzzle? |
| 37% | KINETICENERGY | 13 | It's equal to half the mass times the velocity squared |
| 37% | BAR | 3 | "It's time to raise the ___" (Step up the game) |
| 36% | TASTE | 5 | It's often unaccounted for ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | STARE | 5 | It's not good to do this at the sun |
| 36% | RAT | 3 | Chinese calendar animal ... or the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | WEBOFLIES | 9 | It's spun by mendacious people ... or a hint to the shaded answers |
| 35% | STARSTUDDED | 11 | Like the Oscars ... or the answers to this puzzle's seven asterisked clues? |
| 35% | LIGHTSOUT | 9 | Parents may say this when it's time to sleep |
| 34% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 34% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 34% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 34% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | SUMMERY | 7 | Like the weather when it's time to break out the rosé, say |
| 34% | PEP | 3 | It's nearly time for the football season to start, let's amp up the players at the ___ rally |