| 100% | FORTIES | 7 | When Velcro, the Frisbee and Tupperware were invented |
| 44% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade when Tupperware was invented |
| 41% | ATNIGHT | 7 | When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active |
| 39% | TET | 3 | Holiday when sweeping and emptying the trash are considered bad luck |
| 38% | EQUINOX | 7 | When day and night are approximately the same duration |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | The Reconstruction ___, when the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were adopted |
| 38% | NOON | 4 | Time of the day when the sun is fully up and about |
| 38% | SPLIT | 5 | Arrangement when only the 7 and 10 pins are standing, in bowling |
| 38% | ETA | 3 | When the pilot and flight crew are set to land, for short |
| 37% | CHILLEDWITHFEAR | 15 | "... and when I hand-deliver a package, the recipients are positively ___ - it's very satisfying!" |
| 37% | UPRISE | 6 | Revolt, and when its two syllables are swapped, a phrase meaning the same thing |
| 36% | BEGINNINGOFTIME | 15 | *When the heavens and earth were created |
| 36% | OFFTHEWALL | 10 | Bizarre, and what the ends of 16-, 22-, 37-, and 49-Across are when redecorating |
| 36% | MARINER | 7 | “For slow and slow that ship will go, / When the ___’s trance is abated”: Coleridge |
| 36% | BEDPOSTS | 8 | Shot when the 7 and 10 pins are split in bowling |
| 36% | CAROLS | 6 | * You know Christmas is right around the corner when you hear "Jingle Bells" and the like |
| 36% | KEYS | 4 | *Lock openers, and things that might land in a junk drawer when the locks are lost |
| 35% | WHAMO | 5 | Maker of the Frisbee and Hula Hoop: Hyph. |
| 35% | WORKMATE | 8 | Colleague ... and, when preceded by "the," what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument Ogden Nash referred to when he said, "... reeds are a pain / And the fingering's insane" |
| 35% | SBS | 3 | Abbr. for the phenomenon when nonspecific symptoms are reported by many people in new homes and offices |
| 35% | OPPOSITEDAY | 11 | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 35% | QUIDDITCH | 9 | Game that ends when the snitch is caught … and whose positions end 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across |
| 35% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 35% | PROHIBITION | 11 | Period from 1920-33 in the US when the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquor was banned |
| 34% | RON | 3 | Son who was 28 years old when his dad signed the "Immigration Reform and Control Act" in '86 |
| 34% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 33% | HXHHXHHXHHXHHXH | 15 | When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure |
| 33% | COURTESY | 8 | "When restraint and ___ are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible": Gandhi |
| 33% | HERO | 4 | Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |