| 100% | NOON | 4 | Separator of a.m. and p.m. |
| 63% | SOPHIA | 6 | __ Bush of Chicago Fire, Med, and P.D. |
| 62% | NOON | 4 | Time between A.M. and P.M. |
| 61% | NOON | 4 | Between A.M. and P.M. |
| 58% | THREE | 5 | Number of Scrabble points for a B, C, M or P |
| 58% | STEPH | 5 | N.B.A. M.V.P. of 2015 and '16, familiarly |
| 56% | HRS | 3 | 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. |
| 56% | HRS | 3 | 12 A.M. and 12 P.M. |
| 56% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 55% | GAY | 3 | Peterkin —, survivor, with Ralph Rover and Jack Martin, of a shipwreck in R M Ballantyne novel The Coral Island |
| 55% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 55% | ROCKWELL | 8 | Norman —, US illustrator and painter whose works include a 1968 oil of Richard M Nixon |
| 55% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 54% | THECOLLECTOR | 12 | "And at 7 P.M. there'll be a showing of the 60's film ___..." |
| 54% | PELECANOS | 9 | George P —, author of novels Nick's Trip and A Firing Offense |
| 53% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. |
| 53% | HRS | 3 | 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.: Abbr. |
| 53% | SULUSEA | 7 | Separator of the Philippines and Malaysia |
| 53% | FORSTER | 7 | E M —, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
| 53% | NOON | 4 | Halfway between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. |
| 53% | ELIMANNING | 10 | M.V.P. of Super Bowls XLII and XLVI |
| 53% | BARTSTARR | 9 | M.V.P. of Super Bowls I and II |
| 53% | BERRA | 5 | A.L. M.V.P., 1951, 1954 and 1955 |
| 52% | OPEN | 4 | Store sign between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. |
| 52% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a three-time A.L. M.V.P. |
| 52% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | A.L. M.V.P. in 2003, 2005 and 2007 |
| 52% | AROD | 4 | A.L. M.V.P. in 2005 and 2007, informally |
| 52% | AROD | 4 | 2003 and '05 A.L. M.V.P. |
| 51% | EAR | 3 | Site of a helix and antihelix |
| 51% | BUST | 4 | Sculpture of a head and shoulders |