| 100% | EST | 3 | Time-belt letters |
| 94% | TGIF | 4 | Cry near quittin' time |
| 92% | STEAM | 5 | Letter opener, at times |
| 90% | TKTS | 4 | Letters seen in Times Square |
| 88% | TBA | 3 | Letters on an unfilled time slot |
| 88% | GMT | 3 | Letters indicating time zone in London |
| 87% | TKTS | 4 | Letters on a Times Square kiosk |
| 87% | TKTS | 4 | Letters on a Times Square booth |
| 85% | TBA | 3 | Letters on an unfilled TV time slot |
| 85% | TKTS | 4 | Times Square sign shown in lowercase letters |
| 85% | AKA | 3 | Memory jogging letters, at times |
| 80% | EST | 3 | NYC time zone letters hiding in "greatest" |
| 77% | SOS | 3 | Distressing letters found 9 times in this puzzle |
| 77% | DOTTEDI | 7 | Lowercase letter illustrated six times in this puzzle? |
| 77% | SERIF | 5 | Projecting part of a Times New Roman letter |
| 75% | RICOH | 5 | Japanese letters on Times Square's first eco-billboard |
| 75% | HANGMAN | 7 | Puzzle played one letter at a time, drawing lines |
| 75% | SERIF | 5 | Feature of a letter in the Times Roman typeface |
| 73% | GETTINGMARRIED | 14 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of GRAND TIME |
| 71% | RHO | 3 | Letter repeated three times in one of the "Revenge of the Nerds" fraternities |
| 70% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 68% | BENDOREGON | 10 | Western city hinted at seven times in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 68% | THREE | 5 | Shortest allowable number of letters for a New York Times crossword answer |
| 66% | ERA | 3 | Three-lettered time period |
| 66% | CAP | 3 | Red bit of attire that at times has the letters MAGA on it |
| 63% | EARTH | 5 | Start of a journey ending at 13-Across (changing one letter at a time) |
| 62% | ITA | 3 | "Let's call ___ day" ("Quittin' time!") (2 wds.) |
| 61% | YOUCANALWAYSCOUNTONME | 21 | "Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say |
| 61% | FOUR | 4 | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| 59% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |