| 100% | NOEND | 5 | On and on for a long time (2 wds) |
| 66% | NOSEE | 5 | Long time ___ (not met for a while): 2 wds. |
| 61% | END | 3 | For hours on ___ (for a long time) |
| 60% | EVENIF | 6 | "I'll wait ___ it takes a long time ..." (I'll wait for as long as it takes ...): 2 wds. |
| 60% | POPIN | 5 | Visit for a short time: 2 wds. |
| 59% | MARCELPROUST | 12 | French novelist whose work "In Search of Lost Time" holds a Guinness World Record for longest novel: 2 wds. |
| 59% | SEANPENN | 8 | Actor famous for "Milk" and "Mystic River" who appeared as a guest star on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 59% | BRADPITT | 8 | Actor famous for "Fight Club" and "Troy" who appeared as a guest star on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 59% | THEDOCTOR | 9 | Time Lord whose 11th incarnation was played by 15-Across on a long-running BBC sci-fi series: 2 wds. |
| 58% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 58% | LYINGIN | 7 | Staying in bed for a long time on a morning |
| 58% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Item dyed and hidden for a spring holiday: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ELIAKAZAN | 9 | "On the Waterfront" director who was a role model and mentor for Mike Nichols: 2 wds. |
| 58% | AWING | 5 | On ___ and a prayer: 2 wds. |
| 57% | JEFFDANIELS | 11 | Actor who won a 2013 Emmy for playing Will McAvoy, the anchor and managing editor on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SEANPENN | 8 | Two time Academy Award winning actor of "Mystic River" who appeared in a guest role on "Two and a Half Men": 2 wds. |
| 57% | NORMMACDONALD | 13 | "SNL" actor and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ISA | 3 | "There ___ time and place for everything": 2 wds. |
| 56% | BANNERAD | 8 | Long, clickable moneymaker on a website: 2 wds. |
| 56% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | Winner of a Best Actress Oscar for "Gaslight" and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ROSIEODONNELL | 13 | "The Flintstones" actress and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ITWAS | 5 | "___ a long time ago that we last met...": 2 wds. |
| 56% | AGESAGO | 7 | A very long time in the past: 2 wds. |
| 56% | GOA | 3 | ___ long way (last for some time): 2 wds. |
| 56% | AGESAGO | 7 | A long, long time back: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BADROMANCE | 10 | A 2009 hit by Lady Gaga which won two Grammys and has gone on to become one of the best selling singles of all time: 2 wds |
| 56% | RITAMORENO | 10 | "80 for Brady" actress who plays Lydia Riera on "One Day at a Time" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | HAPPYHOUR | 9 | Time for reduced-price drinks at a bar: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ITRAN | 5 | "___ for a decade on BBC!" (was aired): 2 wds. |
| 55% | PUTIN | 5 | Spend, as time on a hobby: 2 wds. |