| 100% | WOODS | 5 | "The __ are lovely, dark and deep": Frost |
| 93% | WOODS | 5 | "The ___ are lovely, dark and deep..." (Robert Frost's words) |
| 77% | WOODS | 5 | "The ___ are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep" |
| 58% | ANDDEEP | 7 | "The woods are lovely, dark ___" (Frost) |
| 56% | FEARS | 5 | Being in the dark, maybe, and others |
| 50% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 50% | LINDSAY | 7 | Jeff —, author of novels Dexter is Dead and Dexter in the Dark |
| 47% | END | 3 | The be-all and ___-all |
| 46% | PURPLE | 6 | & 6D Large European woodland butterfly, the female of which is patterned with dark brown and white markings |
| 45% | FIRE | 4 | "___ and Ice," Robert Frost poem that discusses whether the world will face a fiery end or a frozen one |
| 45% | BATMOBILE | 9 | The Dark Knight's car which heavily featured in the animated series and is filled with his trademark gadgets and weaponry |
| 44% | HAVENOCLUE | 10 | Be in the dark |
| 43% | HASNOCLUE | 9 | Is totally in the dark |
| 43% | REST | 4 | “. . . and the ___ is history” |
| 43% | REST | 4 | ". . . and the ___ is history!" |
| 43% | REST | 4 | "... and the ___ is history" |
| 43% | EPICS | 5 | The Iliad and The Odyssey are |
| 43% | STORMY | 6 | "It was a dark and ___ night ... " |
| 43% | END | 3 | Be thrown in at the deep ___ |
| 42% | THEDAWN | 7 | The darkest hour is just before __ |
| 42% | FIT | 3 | Be the right shape and size |
| 42% | ASCENDS | 7 | Is on the up and up? |
| 42% | ASCEND | 6 | Be on the up and up? |
| 42% | SONS | 4 | The first were Cain and Abel |
| 42% | STANDBYME | 9 | King classic that begins, "When the night has come / And the land is dark" |
| 42% | INUS | 4 | ''. . . and the truth is not ___'' |
| 42% | MUSEUMS | 7 | The Prado and the Louvre are these |
| 42% | SAKES | 5 | ''For heaven and the future's __'': Frost |
| 42% | AFC | 3 | The Pats and Jags are in it |
| 42% | NIGHTTIME | 9 | The dark time between evening and morning |