| 100% | MONTAGE | 7 | Sequence of scenes that condenses space and time |
| 43% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Scene that precedes a title sequence (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2023) |
| 39% | REALM | 5 | A dimension of time and space |
| 38% | PHYSICS | 7 | Study of matter, motion through space and time |
| 37% | PHYSICS | 7 | That branch of science concerned with the study of the properties of space, time, matter and energy |
| 36% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Time period that can precede the first parts of 20-, 37- and 44-Across |
| 35% | OUTER | 5 | ___ Space, place for satellites and the ISS that is also a shade of black |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | Feature affected space and time |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | Outlook changes space and time |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | Feature changing space and time |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | Angle affects space and time |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | Position affects space and time |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | View affects space and time |
| 35% | ASPECT | 6 | Appearance affects space and time |
| 34% | ADREP | 5 | One dealing in space and time |
| 34% | MDA | 3 | Parent of the co. that made the space shuttle's Canadarm and the ISS' Canadarm II |
| 33% | COLDOPENS | 9 | Scenes that precede title sequences |
| 33% | UNI | 3 | Prefix with "verse" for all of space and time |
| 33% | LOVENOTE | 8 | Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Popular date time ... or a phrase that can precede the starts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 33% | LOOP | 4 | Sequence of code that runs repeatedly |
| 33% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 32% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 32% | NAR | 3 | Org. dedicated to safety and education for those interested in being in control of their own launch sequences |
| 32% | CODE | 4 | Sequence of numbers that unlocks a gate |
| 32% | BITSTREAM | 9 | Sequence of 0's and 1's |
| 32% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Notable invention from the 17th century, that is an assembly of lenses and allows us to look into space |
| 31% | MARINER | 7 | Any of a series of US space probes launched between 1962 and 1971 that took photographs of Mars and Venus |
| 31% | STARWARS | 8 | "___: The Force Awakens," 2015 epic space opera film that is the third highest-grossing film of all time: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OUTTAKEORDER | 12 | Sequence of deleted scenes in a DVD bonus feature? |