| 100% | WAGETHEFT | 9 | Requiring employees to work off the clock, for example |
| 38% | SNUB | 4 | Leave off the invite list, for example |
| 38% | REHAB | 5 | Work to get off the disabled list |
| 38% | REHABS | 6 | Works to get off the injured list |
| 37% | FRI | 3 | Night to kick off the weekend, for short |
| 35% | REARER | 6 | Silver, for example, in the opening to TV's "The Lone Ranger" |
| 35% | EST | 3 | Clock setting referred to for the Times Square ball drop |
| 35% | NOREST | 6 | __ for the wicked, there's always work to be done |
| 35% | IDS | 3 | They're usually required for admission to the bar |
| 34% | KNOCKER | 7 | __ uppers banged the window to get you up for work |
| 34% | SEEOFF | 6 | Accompany to the airport, for example |
| 33% | METONYM | 7 | Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" |
| 33% | SOLDIERBOY | 10 | *No. 1 hit for the Shirelles about a man sent off to war |
| 33% | GRAVEYARDSHIFT | 14 | Late night for a working stiff ... or a hint to the shaded squares |
| 32% | RIPE | 4 | Ready for a farmer to pluck off the vine |
| 32% | ERRAND | 6 | Short trip to the store, for example |
| 32% | DUES | 4 | Annual payment to the Shriners, for example |
| 32% | DEREGULATES | 11 | Takes the cap off, for example? |
| 32% | RET | 3 | Permanently off the clock: Abbr. |
| 32% | TIP | 3 | A dollar given to the bellhop, for example |
| 32% | HAMMEROUTAWIN | 13 | Work really hard for victory ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| 31% | FOBWATCH | 8 | Clock for the pocket |
| 31% | CASHIERED | 9 | Worked the checkout at a supermarket, for example |
| 31% | QUARTERBACK | 11 | "The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___" |
| 31% | MUTUALAID | 9 | "The radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world," per Dean Spade |
| 31% | ANDRE | 5 | ___ Norton Award, prize given to the best works of science fiction or fantasy for young adults |
| 31% | AWOL | 4 | Off the base, for short |
| 31% | GALACTIC | 8 | Relating to the Milky Way, for example |
| 31% | ERRAND | 6 | Trip to the dry cleaners, for example |
| 31% | GALACTIC | 8 | Related to the Milky Way, for example |