| 100% | ROOSTED | 7 | Gathered to sleep at night (of birds) |
| 65% | ROOSTING | 8 | Of birds, settling down to sleep for the night |
| 60% | INSOMNIA | 8 | Inability to sleep at night |
| 60% | BED | 3 | Place to sleep at night |
| 57% | INSOMNIAC | 9 | One who finds it impossible to sleep at night |
| 51% | LIEAWAKE | 8 | Be in bed at night unable to sleep |
| 49% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 45% | OWL | 3 | *When you hear the ___ hooting at night, it's an indication that it's time to sleep! |
| 44% | AVIAN | 5 | Bird-related ... four of them have landed at the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | HOW | 3 | "___ can you sleep at night?" |
| 44% | HOW | 3 | "___ do you sleep at night?" |
| 43% | CIRCADIANRHYTHM | 15 | It helps you sleep at night |
| 43% | OWLET | 5 | Baby that rarely sleeps at night |
| 43% | ROOST | 5 | Place where birds regularly settle to rest at night |
| 43% | DRIP | 4 | Sound that can prevent sleeping at night |
| 41% | END | 3 | *"As the night came to an ___, they gathered by the fireplace, holding hands, with hearts full of gratitude..." |
| 41% | WENT | 4 | ___ to sleep (retired for the night) |
| 41% | CROWED | 6 | Bragged of bird to journalist |
| 41% | OWLET | 5 | Bird of night |
| 40% | THEMUSEUM | 9 | "Night at ___," trilogy of comedy films starring Ben Stiller, where characters come to life in the night: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OFTHEDARK | 9 | Reason to sleep with a night light |
| 39% | NAT | 3 | One at home south of the Birds |
| 39% | ROCS | 4 | Birds of the Arabian Nights |
| 39% | PETREL | 6 | Bird of storms at sea |
| 39% | MEETING | 7 | Gathering of people to talk |
| 39% | AVIAN | 5 | Of interest to bird-watchers |
| 39% | APTERYX | 7 | Genus of birds to which the kiwi belongs |
| 39% | MIGRATION | 9 | Movement of birds from one country to another |
| 39% | BARNOWL | 7 | Bird of the night (2 words) |