| Business efficiency technique | 29 |
| I.O.U. with a deadline | 22 |
| "___ Danaos . . . " | 29 |
| " . . . ___ Danaos . . . ": Virgil | 44 |
| "The ___ your life" | 29 |
| It may be up in the air at an airport | 37 |
| It's often pushed back before taking off | 44 |
| Worker's reward, perhaps | 28 |
| Work break | 10 |
| Dime-novel era? | 15 |
| Great experience | 16 |
| 1969 song by The Zombies | 24 |
| 1969 #3 hit ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 53 |
| 1968 hit for the Zombies | 24 |
| "___ My Hands" | 24 |
| Watchmaker's woe? | 21 |
| Youmans song | 12 |
| Vincent Youmans tune | 20 |
| Lazy song | 9 |
| 1930 Vincent Youmans song | 25 |
| A few hours to kill, e.g. | 25 |
| Possible cause of ennui | 23 |
| Phrase implying boredom or leisure | 34 |
| Period with nothing to do | 25 |
| Burden for a waiter | 19 |
| A ___ two (occasionally) | 24 |
| Toddler's punishment | 24 |
| Toddler's banishment to a corner, say | 41 |
| Regrouping tactic | 17 |
| Play interrupter | 16 |
| Parents' disciplining technique | 35 |
| Interval in an athletic game | 28 |
| Distant past | 12 |
| Play breaks | 11 |
| Modern-day halts to kids' fights | 36 |
| Cranky toddler's cool-off periods | 37 |
| Tea chasers | 11 |
| Chronometer | 11 |
| Watch or clock | 14 |
| Popular magazine article? | 25 |
| "Person of the Year" article? | 39 |
| "Man of the Year" for one? | 36 |
| Watches, e.g. | 13 |
| Second-hand items? | 18 |
| Ones with read faces? | 21 |
| Horologes | 9 |
| Chronometers | 12 |
| "Minute Waltz" et al.? | 32 |
| Microwave feature | 17 |
| Kitchen counter? | 16 |
| Stopwatch | 9 |
| Word with egg or old | 20 |
| Track-meet official | 19 |
| Stopwatch or hourglass | 22 |
| Part of a stove that beeps | 26 |
| Track meet official | 19 |
| Stopwatch, for example | 22 |
| Stopwatch, e.g. | 15 |
| Speed chess need | 16 |
| Parking meter component | 23 |
| Oven built-in | 13 |
| Oven adjunct | 12 |
| Meet official | 13 |
| Baker's aid | 15 |
| What town's sound curfew has you on | 39 |
| What bands are on during festival | 33 |
| Three-minute-egg aid | 20 |
| Stove gadget | 12 |
| Stopwatch, for one | 18 |
| Source of ticking | 17 |
| Soft-boiler's need | 22 |
| Security lighting setting | 25 |
| Sandglass | 9 |
| S.A.T. sight | 12 |
| Range convenience | 17 |
| Proctor's need | 18 |
| Olympic official | 16 |
| Official recorder | 17 |
| Modern stove accessory | 22 |
| Microwave gadget | 16 |
| It may have sand in it | 22 |
| It keeps a festival on schedule | 31 |
| Hourglass or stopwatch, e.g. | 28 |
| Hourglass or stopwatch | 22 |
| Hourglass | 9 |
| Horologe | 8 |
| Elliot Smith: "First ___" | 35 |
| Elliot Smith "First ___" | 34 |
| Egg-boiling aid | 15 |
| Dinger in the kitchen | 21 |
| Courtside official | 18 |
| Clock keeper | 12 |
| Chess-tournament accessory | 26 |
| Chess match need | 16 |
| Chess aid | 9 |
| Boggle game need | 16 |
| Blitz chess requirement | 23 |
| A light may be set on one | 25 |
| Modern medicine tablet feature | 30 |
| Like some Tylenol tablets | 25 |