| 100% | SAVESITUATION | 13 | Time to bring in the closer |
| 60% | RIOTS | 5 | Reasons to bring in the National Guard |
| 59% | LAUNDRYNIGHT | 12 | Time to throw in the towel, perhaps |
| 56% | ERE | 3 | In the time leading up to |
| 55% | NYE | 3 | Time to drop the ball, in brief |
| 54% | LOWERS | 6 | Brings closer to the ground |
| 53% | CALLUP | 6 | Bring to the majors, in baseball |
| 53% | ISH | 3 | Close to, in telling time |
| 52% | INSIDE | 6 | Close to the batter, in pitching terminology |
| 51% | MIRE | 4 | "No time to wallow in the ___" (line from the Doors' "Light My Fire") |
| 51% | DEWIER | 6 | Like grass in the morning, compared to other times of day |
| 51% | SERVE | 5 | Bring to the table, as food in a restaurant |
| 51% | TAILGATE | 8 | To drive too close to the car in front |
| 51% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 50% | CRAIG | 5 | Daniel ___, actor who plays 8a in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 50% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 50% | FINALFORAY | 10 | Attack that brings the war to a close? |
| 49% | OPAL | 4 | Lustrous gem that was thought to bring good luck in the Middle Ages |
| 49% | FLUXCAPACITOR | 13 | Tech for time travel in "Back to the Future" |
| 49% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun, in myth |
| 49% | GUNPOWDER | 9 | Brought from China to Europe in the 13th century |
| 49% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, actor who plays head of MI6 in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 48% | MUM | 3 | Close-mouthed, or change a letter in 27d to get the answer |
| 48% | ARM | 3 | "The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time") |
| 48% | ROW | 3 | Front ___ (seat location closest to the stage in a theater) |
| 48% | EDGE | 4 | Get too close to the ___ (be in danger of falling) |
| 48% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun in Greek mythology |
| 48% | VALUEADD | 8 | Improvement that brings something to the table, in business-speak |
| 48% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year |