| 100% | UPTIMES | 7 | Periods when the computers work |
| 55% | RUT | 3 | Period when the bull elk bugles |
| 54% | OUTAGE | 6 | Period when the power is not on |
| 51% | MONDAY | 6 | When the typical work week begins |
| 51% | UPTIME | 6 | Period when a computer is functioning |
| 51% | NOON | 4 | When the p.m. period begins |
| 50% | NRA | 3 | Period when one can stop working: Abbr. |
| 50% | NINETEENEIGHTYTWO | 17 | When the Commodore 64 computer was released |
| 50% | UPTIME | 6 | When computers work |
| 49% | EMULATION | 9 | When a computer works like a different computer |
| 49% | DOWNTIME | 8 | Period when a computer is offline or unavailable |
| 49% | UPTIMES | 7 | When computers are working |
| 47% | ACODEDAYINHELL | 14 | When programmers work for the devil? |
| 45% | THAW | 4 | Early spring period when ice on the ground begins to melt |
| 45% | INNINGS | 7 | The periods in a ballgame when each side bats |
| 44% | LUNCHTIME | 9 | Period of the day when the midday meal is eaten |
| 44% | NIXONERA | 8 | When William Safire worked at the White House |
| 43% | SCRAPHEAP | 9 | When too old for work you are on the __ (the tip) |
| 42% | EBB | 3 | ___ tide (period when the sea level falls) |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | A period of time, usually mentioned when talking about the past |
| 41% | OAR | 3 | Item that works best when it's half in the water |
| 41% | OPPOSITEDAY | 11 | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 39% | ERG | 3 | About the amount of work used when one fly does one push-up! |
| 39% | IRREGULARS | 10 | "The ___," 2021 period drama series based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 38% | WHY | 3 | Question I often ask myself when working on puzzles at three in the morning |
| 38% | DISCOERA | 8 | Period often said to have begun on Valentine’s Day, 1970, when David Mancuso opened the Loft |
| 37% | SHRINKAGE | 9 | Period when psychiatrists ruled? |
| 37% | LOHANDYNASTY | 12 | Period when Lindsay ruled? |
| 37% | JURASSIC | 8 | Period when birds appeared |
| 37% | IRONAGE | 7 | Period when metalworking began |