| 100% | RESAW | 5 | To cut for the third time |
| 64% | DROWN | 5 | Go under for the third time |
| 58% | CHARM | 5 | The third time's said to be one |
| 57% | MCKINSEY | 8 | Consulting firm that advised ICE to cut spending on food and medical care for detainees, per the Times and ProPublica |
| 56% | CHARM | 5 | What the third time is said to be |
| 54% | RACEDAY | 7 | Time to "Run for the Roses" |
| 54% | MET | 3 | Got to know for the first time |
| 52% | BDAY | 4 | Time to cut a cake, for short |
| 52% | WASH/DAY | 8 | Time for a trip to the laundromat |
| 52% | RESTS | 5 | Times for the brass to breathe, perhaps |
| 52% | WITHOUTADOUBT | 13 | Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" |
| 51% | YEAR | 4 | Time it takes for Earth to circle the sun |
| 51% | TIL | 3 | Up to the time that, for short |
| 50% | CRUSTS | 6 | Cut these off the bread for a fancy tea time |
| 49% | STAMINA | 7 | The ability to keep on going for a very long time |
| 49% | FLUXCAPACITOR | 13 | Tech for time travel in "Back to the Future" |
| 48% | BHASKARA | 8 | Estimated a time for earth to orbit the sun, __ II |
| 48% | MIDACT | 6 | Suboptimal time for a theatregoer to use the rest room |
| 48% | BDAY | 4 | Time to blow out the candles, for short |
| 48% | TITHE | 5 | Cut for the cloth? |
| 48% | HOPE | 4 | Christmas is said to be the time for this optimistic feeling |
| 47% | SPEEDOMETER | 11 | Gauge that must hit eighty-eight for the DeLorean to time-travel, in “Back to the Future” |
| 47% | NEWLYWEEDS | 10 | Tends to a garden for the first time? |
| 46% | MLK | 3 | Deliverer of the speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," for short |
| 46% | ACHARM | 6 | What the third time is |
| 45% | WHOLEWATERMELON | 15 | Item to cut for dessert |
| 45% | ENDLESS | 7 | Like the wait time for someone to come fix the cable, seemingly |
| 45% | BEING | 5 | For the time ___ |
| 45% | BEING | 5 | For the time __ |
| 45% | IMON | 4 | "Time for me to take the stage!" |