| 100% | DAMSEL | 6 | Interest of a knight in shining armor |
| 77% | ASPIREDTOOFFICE | 15 | Dreamed of a career in politics |
| 77% | DAME | 4 | Female equivalent of a knight, in Britain |
| 76% | HEROIC | 6 | Like a knight in shining armor |
| 76% | COMETOTHERESC | 13 | Be a knight in shining armor |
| 75% | STEPPING | 8 | Some dream of __ into the limelight on a stage |
| 74% | DAMSEL | 6 | Woman hoping for a knight in shining armor |
| 69% | TENORS | 6 | Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhäuser" |
| 69% | LANCE | 5 | Arm of a knight-in-arms |
| 68% | SECRET | 6 | People dream of finding a __ passage in their home |
| 68% | SATYR | 5 | Member of a raunchy chorus, in some ancient plays |
| 68% | GAUNTLET | 8 | A glove of armor worn by knights |
| 68% | ALES | 4 | Some offerings in a flight of beers |
| 67% | DALI | 4 | Creator of a surreal dream sequence in Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” |
| 67% | SULTAN | 6 | Title of a ruler in some Muslim countries |
| 66% | LUCIDDREAMING | 13 | Focus of a diary in some sleep therapy sessions |
| 66% | TAN | 3 | Result of some time in a bed? |
| 66% | ORDAIN | 6 | Make a father of, in some cultures |
| 65% | ART{LOVE}R | 10 | Someone who might dream of running away to live in a museum |
| 65% | TENSE | 5 | In need of some deep breathing and a shoulder rub |
| 64% | FOULPROOF | 9 | Like one playing basketball in a suit of armor? |
| 64% | ELEANORRIGBY | 12 | Title woman of song who "lives in a dream" |
| 64% | PYRAMUS | 7 | Lover of Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 63% | OMEN | 4 | The appearance of a butterfly in a home, for some |
| 63% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |
| 63% | TORISPELLING | 12 | Author of a bestselling 2008 autobiography, and a hint to some pictographs in this puzzle |
| 62% | AYES | 4 | Some votes ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 62% | COFFEE | 6 | Some people need a big cup of this in the morning |
| 62% | SKIN | 4 | You could lose some of this in a slide into second |
| 62% | OTT | 3 | Mel who gave Archie a batting tip in "Field of Dreams" |