| 100% | PURRS | 5 | Sounds like my cat, when she's occupying 80% of the bed at 3 in the morning |
| 35% | EVANGELINE | 10 | In poetry, when she passed, "it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music" |
| 35% | STUBBED | 7 | Like an injured toe, often as a result of wandering to the washroom at three in the morning |
| 34% | ALARM | 5 | Reason to get out of bed in the morning (if it’s across the room) |
| 31% | TRAN | 4 | “The Sound of the Violin in My Lai” director ___ Văn Thủy |
| 31% | MARIAVONTRAPP | 13 | 14-Across's role in "The Sound of Music": 3 wds. |
| 31% | ARISE | 5 | Get out of bed in the morning |
| 31% | BAGELS | 6 | Rolls out of bed in the morning? |
| 31% | SLIT | 4 | Eye of your cat when it's lying in the sun on the patio |
| 30% | DEWIER | 6 | Like grass in the morning, compared to other times of day |
| 30% | WHY | 3 | Question I often ask myself when working on puzzles at three in the morning |
| 30% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 30% | GOTUP | 5 | "I ___ at six in the morning" (was no more in a state of slumber): 2 wds. |
| 29% | ANGELOU | 7 | She recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Clinton's first inauguration |
| 29% | YOWL | 4 | Cat's "my claw is stuck in the sofa" sound |
| 29% | OEO | 3 | LBJ poverty-fighting agcy. that sounds like what the castle guards chant in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 29% | MOTHERMARY | 10 | She’s “speaking words of wisdom” in the lyrics of “Let It Be” |
| 29% | LIU | 3 | Actress Lucy whose last name sounds like the start of her first name |
| 29% | SIRENS | 6 | Sounds in the backing track of Beyoncé’s “Ring the Alarm” |
| 29% | QUINTUPLE | 9 | Like each letter of the alphabet in this puzzle, at minimum |
| 29% | DVD | 3 | CD-like format which became a popular way of watching 19a at home in the early 2000s: Abbr. |
| 28% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down |
| 28% | RAREFORM | 8 | What an athlete may be in when they’re at the top of their game |
| 28% | JABBATHEHUTT | 12 | Slug-like crime lord in "Return of the Jedi": 3 wds. |
| 28% | OPENS | 5 | The store ___ at 8 in the morning |
| 28% | MAYA | 4 | Angelou who read "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's first inauguration in '93 |
| 28% | EVE | 3 | She raps "Who's That Girl?" in the "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" credits |
| 28% | EVEN | 4 | Like the sums of two primes in Goldbach’s conjecture |
| 28% | OPENS | 5 | "The store ___ at 8 in the morning" |
| 28% | RUSTED | 6 | Like the Tin Man when we meet him in "The Wizard of Oz" |