| 100% | ODETS | 5 | "Clash by Night" playwright |
| 72% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 71% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 55% | COVEROFDARKNESS | 15 | By night, with 29-Down |
| 55% | REDEYE | 6 | Flight by night |
| 53% | OWLS | 4 | They fly by night |
| 53% | BATS | 4 | They fly by night |
| 52% | LIVE | 4 | "___ by Night" (2016 Ben Affleck film) |
| 52% | CARR | 4 | "It Walks by Night" author |
| 52% | CARR | 4 | "It Walks by Night" novelist |
| 52% | ELLE | 4 | "Live by Night" actress Fanning |
| 52% | BEN | 3 | "Live by Night" director Affleck |
| 51% | FUTON | 5 | Bed by night, couch by day |
| 51% | ERNST | 5 | "Pietà or Revolution by Night" artist |
| 51% | ELLE | 4 | Actress Fanning of "Live by Night" |
| 51% | IDA | 3 | Lupino of "They Drive by Night" |
| 51% | CORNEILLE | 9 | Playwright admired by Voltaire |
| 48% | BULLSEYELANTERN | 15 | Night light used by Sherlock Holmes |
| 47% | INFRAREDRAY | 11 | Bit of light picked up by night-vision goggles |
| 47% | ROCKTHECASBAH | 13 | *1982 hit by the Clash |
| 46% | LIVE | 4 | "___ by Night" (Ben Affleck film based on a Dennis Lehane novel) |
| 45% | MOONBOWS | 8 | Night sky spectrums caused by the lunar rays |
| 45% | SOLARLAMP | 9 | Night light activated by the sun's rays |
| 45% | STARRY | 6 | __ night, oil painting by Vincent van Gogh |
| 45% | GOETHE | 6 | German playwright deeply admired by Beethoven |
| 45% | ELIS | 4 | "___ Coming" (song by Three Dog Night) |
| 45% | JOYTOTHEWORLD | 13 | #1 song by Three Dog Night |
| 44% | EUGENE | 6 | "Long Day's Journey into Night" playwright O'Neill |
| 44% | ELMO | 4 | Kids' TV character voiced by Kevin Clash |
| 44% | STARRY | 6 | __ night, an oil canvas by Vincent van Gogh |