| 100% | MARE | 4 | Ending with "night," which means a really bad dream |
| 64% | MARE | 4 | Word after "night" to mean a really bad dream |
| 55% | MARE | 4 | Suffix with "night" to mean a bad dream |
| 45% | MARE | 4 | "Night" suffix to mean a bad dream |
| 39% | LOTS | 4 | With 11-Across, biblical woman who met a bad end |
| 38% | NORTH | 5 | 1994 film starring Elijah Wood, which ends with his character waking up from a dream |
| 37% | CLICK | 5 | 2006 film starring Adam Sandler, which ends with his character waking up from (not quite) a dream |
| 36% | HER | 3 | Joaquin Phoenix movie with a one-word title which literally means "that woman" |
| 36% | ABYSMALLY | 9 | In a really bad way |
| 35% | TRANS | 5 | Prefix with "late," which means turn a text into another language |
| 35% | SLEEP | 5 | Night-time state when one dreams with eyes closed ... or something a 44a can do standing up |
| 35% | MARES | 5 | Suffix with "night" to mean scary dreams |
| 35% | JOKELESS | 8 | Like a really bad comedy skit |
| 35% | WINCE | 5 | React to a really bad pun |
| 35% | WINCED | 6 | Reacted to a really bad pun |
| 35% | TWITCH | 6 | Reaction to a really bad pun |
| 35% | GRIMACE | 7 | Reaction to a really bad pun |
| 35% | NIGHTMARE | 9 | A particularly bad dream |
| 35% | NIGHTMARE | 9 | A very bad dream |
| 35% | ANODE | 5 | End with a charge |
| 34% | MID | 3 | Prefix with "night" to mean 12 a.m. |
| 34% | GAG | 3 | Respond to a really bad joke, maybe |
| 34% | WINCED | 6 | Reacted to a really bad pun, perhaps |
| 34% | AIL | 3 | Suffer from a really bad cold, say |
| 34% | NASTY | 5 | Really bad, as a fall |
| 34% | OBI | 3 | Anagram of "Bio" which means a Japanese sash |
| 34% | ERA | 3 | Anagram of 55d which means a "time period" |
| 34% | TEA | 3 | Anagram of "ate" which means a brewed beverage |
| 34% | TAM | 3 | Anagram of "mat" which means a Scottish cap |
| 34% | DUNE | 4 | Anagram of "nude" which means a sandy hill |