| 100% | QUICKSAND | 9 | It takes time to sink in |
| 65% | GIGAWATTS | 9 | It takes 1.21 to time travel in Back to the Future |
| 63% | PORK | 4 | It takes time to cure |
| 63% | MESS | 4 | It takes time to clean up |
| 55% | OED | 3 | It took 70 years to complete, in brief |
| 54% | POTTED | 6 | Taking time, opted to make it preserved like shrimp? |
| 53% | DOS | 3 | How many it takes to tango in Spain? |
| 52% | LAPS | 4 | It takes 4.5 _____ to cover 500 yards in a pool |
| 52% | NSEC | 4 | Time it takes light to travel a ft., roughly |
| 52% | NSEC | 4 | Time it takes light to travel a ft., approximately |
| 52% | PSEC | 4 | Time it takes light to travel .3 mm: Abbr. |
| 52% | ONETASTE | 8 | All it takes to convince you, in some ads |
| 52% | NSEC | 4 | It takes light about one to travel one ft. in a vacuum |
| 52% | TWO | 3 | Number of people it takes to tango, in an expression |
| 51% | EON | 3 | Time it takes for a mountain to form |
| 51% | EON | 3 | Time it takes for paint to dry, seemingly |
| 51% | PSEC | 4 | Time it takes for light to travel .3 mm |
| 51% | NEWSCYCLE | 9 | Time it takes to forget about a story, say |
| 51% | YEAR | 4 | Time it takes for Earth to circle the sun |
| 51% | AEONS | 5 | The time it takes mountains to rise |
| 51% | ACHE | 4 | Reminder to take it easier next time |
| 50% | ONEHOUR | 7 | Time it takes to develop a set of photos, maybe |
| 50% | EON | 3 | Time it may take for a solar system to form |
| 50% | LICIT | 5 | Novice in charge takes it to be legal |
| 49% | FLOPS | 5 | Attempts to take a charge in basketball, many times |
| 48% | ODOR | 4 | Indication that it's time to take out the trash |
| 48% | ODOR | 4 | Sign that it's time to take out the trash |
| 48% | ODORS | 5 | Signs that it's time to take out the trash |
| 48% | THEPLATE | 8 | Step up to __, take responsibility in a time of crisis |
| 48% | DIGESTS | 7 | Takes time to process |