| 100% | RUSHHOUR | 8 | Start and finish of the work day |
| 58% | MON | 3 | Starting day of the work week, briefly |
| 53% | QUITTINGTIME | 12 | End of the work day |
| 53% | FIVE | 4 | End of the working day |
| 53% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |
| 51% | ALL | 3 | Start and end of the Musketeers' motto |
| 51% | RESTORATION | 11 | Handyman's work suggested by the starts of 18-, 20-, 38- and 57-Across |
| 50% | AENEID | 6 | Work that starts "I sing of arms and the man" |
| 50% | HAMMEROUTAWIN | 13 | Work really hard for victory ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| 50% | ALL | 3 | Start and end of the Three Musketeers' motto |
| 49% | TAOS | 4 | Start and end of the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway |
| 48% | MON | 3 | Start of the work wk., for many |
| 47% | TUE | 3 | First three letters of the work week's 2nd day |
| 47% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year's Day spectacle ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 46% | BAROQUE | 7 | Like the works of Handel and Bach |
| 46% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | "Finished!"...or an observation about the starts of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 46% | IVES | 4 | Charles —, composer of the works Robert Browning Overture and Variations on America |
| 46% | DAWN | 4 | Beginning of the day and end of night |
| 46% | MORN | 4 | Start of the day, in poetry |
| 46% | MONDAY | 6 | First day of the work week |
| 46% | THURSDAY | 8 | Fourth day of the work week |
| 46% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | Middle day of the working week |
| 46% | FRIDAYS | 7 | Last days of the working week |
| 46% | PLAY | 4 | (1/7) Bright lights, buzzing machines, and the smell of buttery popcorn ... your perfect arcade day starts now! Ready to ___ some games? |
| 46% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 45% | MONDAY | 6 | The start of the work week for many people |
| 45% | DATE | 4 | It's comprised of the day, month, and year |
| 45% | JANEITES | 8 | Devotees of the life and works of author Austen |
| 45% | MON | 3 | First day of the work week: Abbr. |
| 45% | EROICA | 6 | Work that marked the start of musical Romanticism |