| 100% | ITSLATE | 7 | “I have to work in the morning . . .” |
| 60% | EMU | 3 | Australian bird mentioned in the lyrics to Barenaked Ladies' "If I Had $1000000" |
| 57% | COMMUTERS | 9 | People who travel to work in the city |
| 55% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 55% | DEW | 3 | It clings to webs in the morning |
| 55% | BLEARYEYED | 10 | Having trouble seeing in the morning, perhaps |
| 54% | SAY | 3 | Bryan Adams' "Do I Have to ___ the Words?" |
| 53% | EARLY | 5 | Like six in the morning, to a night owl |
| 53% | ODE | 3 | Work that often has "to" in the title |
| 52% | LAURENT | 7 | ___ Duvernay-Tardif, former NFL player who returned to work in the medical field in Canada |
| 52% | DEWIER | 6 | Like grass in the morning, compared to other times of day |
| 51% | PULLUPYOURSOCKS | 15 | Step 1: Put in the work to improve |
| 51% | UNIFORM | 7 | People in the military have to wear this |
| 50% | ROSS | 4 | "Touch Me in the Morning" singer Diana |
| 50% | YEMEN | 5 | In the TV show "Friends," country where Chandler has to go unwillingly |
| 49% | UPPERHAND | 9 | To have the __, be in an advantageous position |
| 49% | BEDHEAD | 7 | Messy hair in the morning, and a hint to the tops of the theme answers |
| 49% | SAM | 3 | Chap has school in the morning |
| 49% | FOOT | 4 | "On ___ I Had to Cross the Solar System," poem by Edith Sodergran about celebrating life |
| 49% | BETHESDA | 8 | In the New Testament, a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers |
| 49% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud." (stop at an early stage) |
| 49% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud" (stop at an early stage) |
| 49% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 49% | REWARDED | 8 | To have been given bounty in exchange for work |
| 49% | BELL | 4 | "The ___ doesn't dismiss you, I do!" phrase to keep students in class until the lesson is over that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 48% | BALLJOINT | 9 | *Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 48% | BALLJOINT | 9 | Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 48% | INNOCENT | 8 | The only papal name to have ever begun with I |
| 48% | DEBATE | 6 | Event in "What the Constitution Means to Me" |
| 48% | KAL | 3 | I played Kumar in "Harold and Kumar" and I have also worked at the White House |