| 100% | CITADEL | 7 | The Acropolis, in its time |
| 67% | IDAHO | 5 | Its panhandle is in the Pacific Time Zone |
| 67% | FINI | 4 | It's done in France all the time |
| 65% | USPOSTAGE | 9 | It fell in 2016 for the first time since 1919 |
| 65% | COMA | 4 | You can be in it and out of it at the same time |
| 64% | SQUID | 5 | Colossal ___, marine animal filmed in its natural habitat for the first time in 2025 |
| 63% | GIGAWATTS | 9 | It takes 1.21 to time travel in Back to the Future |
| 63% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 63% | PAPER | 5 | It gets defeated a third of the time, in a kids' game |
| 63% | BLASE | 5 | Uninteresting because it has happened times over in the past |
| 63% | PAIN | 4 | It's in the neck, at times |
| 60% | ANAPEST | 7 | It occurs four times in "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" |
| 59% | HUMAN | 5 | With 2-Down, it has roughly tripled in size since the time of australopithecines |
| 59% | TEN | 3 | Number of times you'll write "L" in the crossword, if you finish it! |
| 59% | HATE | 4 | Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" |
| 59% | PARTHENON | 9 | Temple on the Acropolis in Athens |
| 58% | SHORE | 5 | *Pun day at the beach! "Want to go in the water?" "___, it's about time!" |
| 57% | NONETOOSOON | 11 | In the nick of time |
| 57% | HAUL | 4 | In it for the long ___ |
| 57% | HAUL | 4 | In it for the long __ |
| 56% | THIS | 4 | "___ Is It," theme song sung by Polly Cutter in the 1975 series "One Day at a Time" |
| 56% | PANTHER | 7 | Pink ___ diamond, precious object that Inspector Clouseau retrieves every time it gets stolen in the titular movies |
| 56% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 55% | HAUL | 4 | In it for the long ___ (totally committed) |
| 55% | RUN | 3 | In the long ___ (over time) |
| 55% | PARAMORE | 8 | Band that played its song “Misery Business” in 2022 for the first time since retiring it four years earlier |
| 55% | BIGBEN | 6 | It appears many times in Christian Marclay’s art film “The Clock” |
| 55% | LALAW | 5 | Hit NBC series succeeded in its time slot by "ER" |
| 54% | HARDWARE | 8 | In IT, the tangible parts of a computer |
| 54% | ISNT | 4 | "___ It Time" (1977 hit for the Babys) |