| 100% | MAIN | 4 | ___ event (most important boxing match of the day) |
| 59% | NEWS | 4 | Important events of the day |
| 55% | BREAKFAST | 9 | The most important meal of the day |
| 54% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Most important meal of the day, or so they say |
| 51% | MAINEVENT | 9 | Final boxing match of the evening: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SHEARER | 7 | Ex-footballer Alan, now presents Match of the Day |
| 49% | ALARM | 5 | First sound of the day, for many |
| 49% | LYNAM | 5 | Desmond —, television presenter whose credits include Match of the Day and Countdown |
| 48% | MEAL | 4 | Breakfast is the most important one of the day, some say |
| 47% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | Read it to keep track of the day's events |
| 45% | KNOCKOUT | 8 | One of the reasons for ending a boxing match |
| 45% | DINNER | 6 | The most important meal on Thanksgiving day |
| 45% | ALANHANSEN | 10 | Former Liverpool and Scotland footballer whose credits as a pundit include BBC TV's Match of the Day |
| 44% | DECEMBER | 8 | The month of Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and Christmas |
| 44% | MAIN | 4 | ___ event (biggest match of the night) |
| 44% | DAUMIER | 7 | One of the most important men in modern art, per Baudelaire |
| 44% | SUNSET | 6 | Event marking the end of the day |
| 43% | RECTANGLE | 9 | The shape of the faces of most boxes |
| 43% | SLEEP | 5 | What newborns do for most of the day |
| 43% | EVE | 3 | "On the ___ of..." (right before an important event) |
| 43% | TIMELINE | 8 | Diagram that shows the chronology of important events |
| 43% | TWEET | 5 | One of the President's dozen or more per day 280 character blurbs |
| 42% | BELLE | 5 | ___ of the ball (most important person) |
| 42% | KAYOS | 5 | Ends of many boxing matches |
| 42% | NUCLEUS | 7 | The central and most important part of something |
| 42% | FRIDAY | 6 | Last day of the work week for many |
| 42% | BRANDO | 6 | Actor on Time's list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century |
| 41% | SPLITDECISION | 13 | Outcome of many a boxing match ... or 38- and 36-Down |
| 41% | KOS | 3 | Ends of many boxing matches, for short |
| 41% | TKO | 3 | When a referee stops a boxing match when one of the fighters cannot safely continue: Abbr. |