| 100% | DUELS | 5 | Where seconds count |
| 65% | TIMETRIAL | 9 | Qualifying round where every second counts |
| 54% | XXXX | 4 | Crunch ___ (when every second counts) |
| 53% | TIMED | 5 | Counted the seconds, say |
| 53% | RACEAGAINSTTIME | 15 | *Situation in which every second counts |
| 52% | USC | 3 | Where second gentleman Doug Emhoff got his J.D. |
| 52% | STRIKES | 7 | Second part of a count |
| 52% | VEGAS | 5 | Where the hits are counted |
| 49% | MISSISSIPPI | 11 | Word used to count seconds |
| 49% | ALASKA | 6 | Where America's second largest island is |
| 49% | THEMOON | 7 | Where a second black artifact is found |
| 49% | HIDEANDGOSEEK | 13 | Game where It always counts |
| 48% | PACES | 5 | Things counted by the second? |
| 48% | HUPTWO | 6 | Second part of a quarterback's hike count |
| 47% | LEAS | 4 | Spots where you might count sheep |
| 46% | ARLES | 5 | Where van Gogh's second "Sunflowers" series was painted |
| 46% | SUGARPOLL | 9 | Where your opinion on "One lump or two?" counts? |
| 45% | FLEA | 4 | ___ market, phrase referring to a place where second-hand goods are sold |
| 45% | NYE | 3 | Holiday when people count down the seconds: Abbr. |
| 45% | VIETNAM | 7 | Country where the Second Indochina War took place |
| 43% | DOUBLE | 6 | Hit where a batter reaches second base in baseball |
| 43% | STHELENA | 8 | Island where Napoleon was exiled for the second time |
| 42% | ESTONIA | 7 | Where the first five counting numbers are "üks kaks kolm neli viis" |
| 41% | FIRSTBASE | 9 | Where the second parts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across might get you |
| 41% | HAND | 4 | Where does Captain Hook go to get his hook replaced? "The second-___ store!" |
| 40% | EBAY | 4 | Site where a buyer could be "sniped" at the last second |
| 39% | COTTON | 6 | Crop grown on the second plantation where 14-/18-Across was enslaved |
| 37% | TRANSYLVANIA | 12 | 2012 animated comedy "Hotel ___," where Adam Sandler voices the 532-year-old Count Dracula |
| 35% | DOWN | 4 | "Long Way ___," novel by Jason Reynolds where the story takes place over just sixty seconds |
| 33% | AGE | 3 | Birthday candle count |