| 100% | NIGHT | 5 | With 3-Down, unpopular work hours, for many |
| 47% | GENE | 4 | With 3-Down, info for interbreeding |
| 46% | TBAR | 4 | With 3-Down, way up for a downhiller |
| 46% | JAMES | 5 | With 3-Down, 2014 role for Chadwick Boseman |
| 45% | HARD | 4 | With 3-Down, it's definitely not light work |
| 45% | GREAT | 5 | With 3-Down, HOMES is a mnemonic for them |
| 44% | MILEY | 5 | With 3-Down, MTV's Artist of the Year for 2013 |
| 44% | BOARD | 5 | With 3-Down, non-screen options for family night |
| 44% | PER | 3 | With 3-Down, for each person, as income |
| 43% | MNIGHTSHIFT | 11 | Working hours for director Shyamalan? |
| 43% | TIC | 3 | With 3 Down, Certs alternative |
| 43% | SANTA | 5 | With 3-Down, role for Tim Allen, Ed Asner and Leslie Nielsen |
| 43% | FIVE | 4 | Quitting hour for many |
| 43% | NOON | 4 | Lunch hour for many |
| 42% | FOUR | 4 | With 3-Down, like most bachelor's degree programs |
| 42% | DADA | 4 | With 53-Down, many Marcel Duchamp works |
| 42% | GRACE | 5 | ___ Kelly, "Dial M for Murder" actress who worked with Alfred Hitchcock more than once |
| 41% | ALAN | 4 | With 3 Down, ''M*A*S*H'' star |
| 41% | EMAIL | 5 | Work chore for many |
| 41% | DAYS | 4 | Work shift for many |
| 41% | OED | 3 | Work containing more than 3.5 million citations, for short |
| 41% | OURBODIES | 9 | With 3 Down, groundbreaking book about health and sexuality |
| 40% | AMES | 4 | With 3 Down, where George Washington Carver went to college |
| 40% | FOURAM | 6 | Closing hour for most N.Y.C. bars |
| 39% | MEALTIME | 8 | Hour for eating, perhaps with friends, family |
| 39% | NEOLATIN | 8 | Language for many Renaissance works |
| 39% | TAHITI | 6 | Setting for many Gauguin works |
| 39% | AMYVANDYKEN | 11 | American former swimmer who shares the second spot for most number of Olympic gold medals for a female swimmer with 17a: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ARLES | 5 | Setting for many van Gogh works |
| 38% | SEVEN | 5 | Rising hour, for many |