| 100% | TRIWEEKLY | 9 | Roughly seventeen times a year . . . or a hundred and fifty-six times a year |
| 43% | BIMONTHLY | 9 | Six times a year |
| 41% | LEAP | 4 | Year with three hundred and sixty six days |
| 39% | BIWEEKLY | 8 | 100 times a year, roughly |
| 36% | PECAN | 5 | Official tree of Texas, which can grow to over a hundred and fifty feet tall |
| 35% | MMI | 3 | New millennium year, or a part of 20-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 35% | ACRE | 4 | One of six hundred and forty in a square mile |
| 34% | FRIDAYTHE13TH | 13 | This occurs at least once - and never more than three times - in a year |
| 33% | LETSHAVESOMEFUN | 15 | "It's party time!" ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across |
| 33% | TAXRETURNS | 10 | They're filed this time of year, and a hint to portions of the starred answers |
| 32% | TENMILLION | 10 | A hundred times a hundred times a thousand |
| 32% | FINALEPISODE | 12 | “M*A*S*H” broadcast that drew a record-breaking hundred and six million viewers |
| 32% | TECHBOOMS | 9 | Big times in Silicon Valley … or a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? |
| 32% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 31% | TIMES | 5 | *Days, months, or years, and a frequently used word in newspaper titles |
| 31% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Popular date time ... or a phrase that can precede the starts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 31% | FRIDAY | 6 | * Black ___ Sale, annual Thanksgiving time event or a hint to solve 16a, 36a, 43a, 55a, and 27d |
| 31% | QUARTERLY | 9 | Four times a year |
| 31% | MONTHLY | 7 | Twelve times a year |
| 31% | MARCH | 5 | Spring time ... or a military procession involving a word sequence hidden in 15-, 31-, 41- and 61-Across |
| 31% | PARTYANIMALS | 12 | They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? |
| 31% | ENE | 3 | A hundred and eighty degrees from WSW |
| 31% | TERM | 4 | Time for a President or a convict |
| 30% | BIANNUALLY | 10 | Happening two times a year |
| 30% | MLII | 4 | A thousand and fifty-two, in Roman numerals |
| 30% | NIXON | 5 | Two-time Time Man of the Year (and a hint to 17-, 27-, 41- and 54-Across) |
| 30% | QUARTERLY | 9 | Journal published four times a year |
| 30% | QUARTERLIES | 11 | Mags mailed 4 times a year |
| 30% | THOUSANDS | 9 | Hundreds and __ on a birthday cake |
| 30% | HALF | 4 | Fifty, to a hundred? |