| 100% | PASS | 4 | Like ships that ___ in the night |
| 65% | EERIE | 5 | Like things that go bump in the night |
| 59% | EERIE | 5 | Like howls in the night |
| 59% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 58% | ARGO | 4 | Ship that survived the Clashing Rocks, in legend |
| 58% | ARGO | 4 | Ship that sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece |
| 58% | ARGO | 4 | Ship that sailed in search of the Golden Fleece |
| 57% | ARGO | 4 | Ship that safely passed through the Clashing Rocks, in myth |
| 57% | FORTUNE | 7 | The ship that followed the Mayflower in 1621 |
| 56% | ABED | 4 | Like most people in the middle of the night |
| 56% | FENNEL | 6 | Vegetable in the carrot family that tastes like anise |
| 56% | THYME | 5 | Herb in the mint family that sounds like "time" |
| 56% | EVERGIVEN | 9 | Container ship that caused a blockage in the Suez |
| 56% | TOOLOW | 6 | Like pitches that bounce in the dirt |
| 56% | LOW | 3 | Like battery that's in the red |
| 56% | CLOSEST | 7 | Like the balls that score in boccie |
| 55% | MAYFLOWER | 9 | Ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to North America in 1620 |
| 55% | ARK | 3 | Ship that was three hundred cubits in length, according to the Bible |
| 55% | DARKANDSTORMY | 13 | Like the night in a novel-opening cliche |
| 55% | AZTEC | 5 | Like the army that "eagle warriors" fought in |
| 55% | NEOLIBERAL | 10 | Like policies that result in the 27-Across |
| 54% | ANNES | 5 | Queen ___ Revenge, Blackbeard's ship that sank in the 18th century |
| 54% | MOONLIT | 7 | Like the forest in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 54% | SHINE | 5 | Stand out like a star in the night sky |
| 54% | STARRY | 6 | Like the night in a Vincent van Gogh painting |
| 54% | STARRY | 6 | Like the night in an 1889 Van Gogh painting |
| 54% | STARRY | 6 | Like the night in a famous Van Gogh painting |
| 54% | RARE | 4 | Like steak that's still pink in the middle |
| 54% | OURLOVE | 7 | Natalie Cole song whose title subject "will shine bright in the night like the stars above" |
| 54% | MOON | 4 | Glowing object in the night sky that lent its Greek name to the chemical element, Selenium |