| 100% | NICKADAMS | 9 | Protagonist for much of Hemingway's In Our Time |
| 41% | SSR | 3 | Georgia, for most of the 20th century, in brief |
| 39% | DEANRUSK | 8 | U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office |
| 38% | NOTDONE | 7 | In need of more oven time, maybe |
| 38% | NOAH | 4 | Most popular boy's name in 2013, demoting Jacob for the first time since 1999 |
| 38% | LAB | 3 | Where a chemist spends most of his time, for short |
| 38% | LEA | 3 | Actress Michele who was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2023 |
| 37% | TOBAT | 5 | Go ___ for (support in time of need) |
| 37% | TOBAT | 5 | Go ____ for (support in time of need) |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | Farmer's ___ (result of wearing a short-sleeved shirt in the sun for a long time) |
| 37% | HOURGLASS | 9 | Timer in the opening sequence of "Days of Our Lives" |
| 37% | DAMPEST | 7 | Most in need of some time in the sun, maybe |
| 37% | PREGAME | 7 | Time for warm-up shots, in more ways than one |
| 37% | PARTY | 5 | "___ in the U.S.A," hit song by Miley Cyrus from her album "The Time of Our Lives" |
| 37% | PRIMP | 5 | Spend much time in front of the mirror |
| 37% | ASTRO | 5 | Nolan Ryan, for most of the 80's |
| 37% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre for most of Isaac Asimov's books |
| 37% | MESSI | 5 | International athlete who twice made Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world |
| 37% | WONDERFUL | 9 | How Andy Williams describes Christmas in a 1963 song? "It's the Most ___ Time of the Year" |
| 37% | SEA | 3 | Setting for much of Homer's "Odyssey" |
| 37% | OCEAN | 5 | Setting for much of Disney's "Moana" |
| 36% | BARN | 4 | Setting for most of "Charlotte's Web" |
| 36% | OCEAN | 5 | Most of our planet's surface |
| 36% | ARABIANSEA | 10 | Locale for much of the world's oil shipping |
| 36% | OCT | 3 | Time of year for much raking: Abbr. |
| 36% | MSS | 3 | Much of an ed.'s in-box |
| 36% | DRAKE | 5 | He holds the record for most Billboard top 40 hits of all time (95) |
| 36% | OCEANSPRAY | 10 | Co-op responsible for more than two-thirds of cranberry production in North America |
| 36% | PALER | 5 | Even more in need of some time in the sun |
| 36% | EGG | 3 | Object in the most-liked Instagram post of all time |