| 100% | BADHAREDAY | 10 | Tough time for the loser in a fabled race? |
| 58% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 55% | HARE | 4 | Loser in a fabled race |
| 55% | HARE | 4 | Loser in a fabled race? |
| 47% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fable |
| 47% | HARE | 4 | Fabled loser in a race against a tortoise |
| 47% | FATTUESDAY | 10 | Time for a bacchanal in the Big Easy |
| 46% | LASTDAY | 7 | Time for the best deals, maybe, in a going-out-of-business sale |
| 46% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise in a fabled race |
| 45% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in a fable |
| 45% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 44% | TEMP | 4 | Person filling in a job for the time being, for short |
| 43% | AGED | 4 | Kept in the cellar for a long time |
| 43% | TORTOISE | 8 | Shelled reptile and winner of a fabled race that is one of the slowest animals in the world |
| 42% | GOULET | 6 | Robert —, 1968 Best Actor in a Musical Tony Award winner for The Happy Time |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | Also-ran in a fabled race |
| 42% | FROSTBITE | 9 | Hazard of being outside in the cold for a long time |
| 42% | PAN | 3 | Flash in the ___ (something that's popular for a short time) |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | Tortoise's rival in a fabled race |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | Tortoise's adversary in a fabled race |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | Tortoise’s opponent, in a fabled race |
| 42% | HARE | 4 | Loser of a fabled race |
| 41% | HARE | 4 | Procrastinator, in a fabled race with a tortoise |
| 41% | BRADPITT | 8 | Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for the 2019 film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALSORAN | 7 | Loser in a race or contest |
| 41% | TAN | 3 | Color of skin that has been in the sun for a long time |
| 41% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 39% | ELOI | 4 | A race in H.G Wells' "The Time Machine" |
| 39% | ACTTWO | 6 | Time for the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 39% | ACTV | 4 | Time for the closing monologue of a Shakespeare play |