| 100% | TIMETABLE | 9 | List of activities and the times they'll be done |
| 45% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 43% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 43% | EPS | 3 | The Time of Our Lives and She Is Coming, for Miley Cyrus |
| 42% | NICE | 4 | (2/6) "Well kids, it's that time of year again--let's check the list! Who's been naughty, and who's been ___?" |
| 41% | EELS | 4 | Japan is the #1 consumer and producer of them |
| 41% | THEDARKKNIGHT | 13 | Rated 9.0 on IMDb, this movie about the confrontation of "The Joker" and "Batman" is listed in the top 10 movies of all time: 3 wds. |
| 41% | NOON | 4 | Time of the day when the sun is fully up and about |
| 40% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 40% | GRID | 4 | (3/6) "Once that is done, time to fill the rest of the ___ (crossword maze)." |
| 40% | OUTAT | 5 | "What were you doing ___ that time of the night?": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LEADERBOARD | 11 | List of top-scoring players, and what the start of 17-, 23-, 39-, or 51-Across could be called? |
| 39% | OBAMA | 5 | Barack who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012 |
| 39% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 39% | AGE | 3 | What you would do to improve the taste and flavor of wine over time |
| 38% | THEGOODTHEBAD | 13 | "___ and the Ugly," a 1996 film starring Clint Eastwood which is considered the greatest Western of all time: 4 wds. |
| 38% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 38% | ERIC | 4 | Clapton who's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times |
| 38% | TOPRANKS | 8 | "It is such fun to fool the folks / And make them butts of harmless jokes …" |
| 38% | BONO | 4 | Musician who was named Time’s Person of the Year alongside Bill and Melinda Gates |
| 38% | ENCOUNTERS | 10 | They might be “close” and “of the third kind” |
| 38% | HURRICANE | 9 | The list of names for this type of meteorological feature will include Nana, Omar and Paulette this year |
| 38% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Political victor who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MEN | 3 | "If the great gods be just, they shall assist / The deeds of justest ___" (Antony and Cleopatra lines) |
| 37% | THEGUARDIANS | 12 | Persecuted and endangered journalists who were Time Magazine's Persons of the Year in 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TODO | 4 | List of things to be done |
| 37% | AGENDAS | 7 | Lists of things to be done |
| 37% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |
| 37% | RESPECT | 7 | Honor ... and #5 on a list by 40-/46-Across of the 500 greatest songs of all time |
| 37% | HOMEFRONT | 9 | Civilian activity site during wartime ... and what the end of 17-, 25-, 49- and 59-Across can be |