| 100% | OFFICETEMPS | 11 | Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble? |
| 60% | DAYS | 4 | From nine to five, in the classifieds |
| 51% | ODDS | 4 | Nine to five, maybe |
| 50% | SHIFT | 5 | Nine to five, e.g. |
| 50% | ODDS | 4 | Nine to five, for example |
| 50% | JOB | 3 | Nine to five work, say |
| 50% | RATIO | 5 | Nine to five, for example |
| 48% | HRS | 3 | Nine and five, in nine-to-five: Abbr. |
| 43% | ONES | 4 | Bills next to fives in a cash register |
| 42% | PARTON | 6 | "Nine to Five" singer |
| 41% | SACRAL | 6 | Referring to five vertebrae in your lower spine |
| 40% | ABUNDANCE | 9 | In Solo Whist, an undertaking to win nine tricks |
| 40% | FIRSTSHIFT | 10 | *Nine to five, at a factory |
| 40% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | ATE | 3 | What seven did to nine, in a joke |
| 38% | EASTON | 6 | “Morning Train (Nine to Five)” singer Sheena |
| 38% | WRITERSBLOCK | 12 | Problem for a wordsmith, and a clue to five figures hidden in this puzzle |
| 38% | TIME | 4 | "A stitch in ___ saves nine," idiom related to problem-solving |
| 38% | WORDLE | 6 | Puzzle to find a five-letter word in six guesses |
| 37% | TSE | 3 | Literary monogram found in the answers to the nine asterisked clues |
| 37% | MORN | 4 | The only Lurian to appear in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" |
| 37% | PASTTENSE | 9 | Like either word in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 37% | LPS | 3 | They make five revolutions in nine seconds |
| 37% | BAYAREA | 7 | Home to about one in five Californians |
| 37% | STRETCHTHETRUTH | 15 | Exaggerate ... or a hint to five nonconsecutive letters in 20-Across, 36-Across and 7-Down |
| 36% | SUPREMECOURT | 12 | Nine-member judicial body Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TEPEE | 5 | Indian home ... or a hint to nine other answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | DECKTHEHALLS | 12 | Song whose refrain has been prefixed to nine answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | ITALY | 5 | National rugby union team; addition to the Five Nations Championship in 2000 |