| 100% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Technical term for the longest and shortest days |
| 48% | UTERUS | 6 | Technical term for the womb |
| 47% | PORTMANTEAU | 11 | Term for the other longest answers in the puzzle (and 92 Down) |
| 46% | OFIT | 4 | "Well, that's the long and short ___." |
| 45% | STG | 3 | Term for the British pound, for short |
| 44% | SUN | 3 | "Fun" day of the week, for short (start to 13a, 18a, 28a, 18d, and 35d) |
| 43% | OSSICLES | 8 | Term for the hammer, anvil and stirrup in the ear |
| 43% | SEN | 3 | One in it for the long term?: Abbr. |
| 43% | MON | 3 | First day of the week, for short (start to 15a, 30a, 41a, 42a, 47a, 19d, and 22d) |
| 42% | NERD | 4 | Term for the TV characters at 18-, 32-, and 41-Across |
| 42% | KNUCKLEBALLER | 13 | Term for the type of pitcher 17- and 39-Across are |
| 42% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Longest or shortest day of the year |
| 42% | ESKIMOS | 7 | Outdated term for the Inuit and Yupik peoples |
| 41% | SOLSTICE | 8 | *Winter ___, annual cosmic event when the day is shortest...and a connecting theme for 31a, 39a, 42a, 8d, and 20d |
| 41% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Shortest day in winter and longest day in summer |
| 41% | WAXINGNOSTALGIC | 15 | Longing for the old days |
| 41% | ETC | 3 | And the others, for short |
| 41% | ETC | 3 | And the rest, for short |
| 41% | ETC | 3 | And the like, for short |
| 41% | TSUNDOKU | 8 | Japanese term for the act of buying books and never reading them |
| 40% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Year's shortest day and longest night: winter __ |
| 40% | STDS | 4 | Common term for benchmarks and norms, for short |
| 40% | ULT | 3 | Another term for final and extreme, for short |
| 40% | PINED | 5 | Longed for wood on the day |
| 40% | MON | 3 | Day of the blues, for short |
| 40% | PINED | 5 | Longed for tree on the day |
| 40% | SOLSTICE | 8 | It marks the longest & shortest days of the year |
| 40% | YEARLING | 8 | Term for a horse between the ages of one and two |
| 40% | WEST | 4 | Geopolitical term for Europe and the Americas, with "the" |
| 40% | BRUNCH | 6 | Portmanteau term for first two meals of the day |