| 100% | MIDACT | 6 | Suboptimal time for a theatregoer to use the rest room |
| 44% | WASH/DAY | 8 | Time for a trip to the laundromat |
| 42% | LENDS | 5 | Allows to use, for a time |
| 39% | PALETTE | 7 | The range of shades used to decorate a room |
| 39% | INN | 3 | Place to book a room for the night |
| 39% | NEWLYWEEDS | 10 | Tends to a garden for the first time? |
| 38% | INN | 3 | Folksy place to rent a room for the night |
| 38% | PLECTRUM | 8 | Another word for the pick used to pluck a guitar |
| 37% | HAIR | 4 | "___ of the dog," idiom for alcohol used to cure a hangover |
| 37% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 37% | ETC | 3 | Word used at the end, to suggest a complete list, for short |
| 37% | BHASKARA | 8 | Estimated a time for earth to orbit the sun, __ II |
| 37% | GMT | 3 | Time zone that is used as a central reference point for all the others: Abbr. |
| 36% | MLK | 3 | Deliverer of the speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," for short |
| 36% | CROOK | 5 | *Word for a criminal, that you could use to describe the villains that James Bond cracks down on |
| 36% | ETHER | 5 | Anesthetic that used to be used by dentists, or a term for the sky |
| 36% | DRUMSOLO | 8 | Time for a percussionist to shine (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FATTUESDAY | 10 | Time for a bacchanal in the Big Easy |
| 36% | DEARJOHNLETTERS | 15 | Things used for dumping ... or a literal hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 35% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 35% | SHADOW | 6 | It's used to tell the time on a sundial |
| 35% | TET | 3 | Time for a visit from Ong Tao, the "Kitchen God" |
| 35% | RESTS | 5 | Times for a trumpet player to take a breath, perhaps |
| 34% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Time for a trip to Cabo San Lucas or Miami Beach |
| 34% | RESTS | 5 | Times for the brass to breathe, perhaps |
| 34% | LENT | 4 | Allowed to use for a while |
| 34% | LENDS | 5 | Allows to use for a bit |
| 33% | STAMINA | 7 | The ability to keep on going for a very long time |
| 33% | BUFFETT | 7 | Warren ___, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway who for many years used a flip phone that doesn't connect to the internet |
| 33% | ACTV | 4 | Time for the closing monologue of a Shakespeare play |