| 100% | NIGHTFALL | 9 | The daily disappearance of daylight |
| 48% | TIDES | 5 | Daily movements of the ocean |
| 46% | EOS | 3 | Daily opener of the gates of heaven |
| 45% | AMES | 4 | Home of the Iowa State Daily |
| 45% | AMES | 4 | Hometown of the Iowa State Daily |
| 45% | OCT | 3 | Last full month of Daylight Saving Time in the US: Abbr. |
| 44% | CHANGING | 8 | __ of the Guard, daily regal ceremony in London |
| 44% | KENT | 4 | Clark of The Daily Planet |
| 44% | LANE | 4 | Lois of the Daily Planet |
| 44% | LOIS | 4 | Lane of the Daily Planet |
| 44% | OLSEN | 5 | Jimmy of the Daily Planet |
| 44% | IRAN | 4 | Home of the daily Hamshahri |
| 44% | IRANI | 5 | Reader of the daily ''Hamshahri'' |
| 44% | SKY | 3 | "The daily bread of the eyes," per Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| 44% | WSJ | 3 | "The daily diary of the American dream" sloganeer, for short |
| 43% | OMAHA | 5 | Home of the daily World-Herald |
| 43% | REDGRAVE | 8 | She played Agatha in the film of her disappearance |
| 43% | KATE | 4 | Middleton who was the subject of a disappearance conspiracy |
| 43% | PETRIFIEDWOODY | 14 | Scared the daylights out of a wacky cartoon bird? |
| 43% | MIDWINTER | 9 | Day with the fewest hours of daylight |
| 42% | KENT | 4 | Clark of the Daily Planet, in DC comics |
| 41% | OLSEN | 5 | Photographer Jimmy of the Daily Planet |
| 41% | LANE | 4 | Journalist Lois of the Daily Planet |
| 41% | LANE | 4 | Reporter Lois of the Daily Planet |
| 41% | BRITS | 5 | Readers of the Daily Mirror or the Sun, mainly |
| 40% | STEWART | 7 | Jon ___, "The Daily Show" host who studied psychology in the College of William & Mary |
| 40% | PETRIFIEDWOOD | 13 | Scared the daylights out of Elijah in "The Lord of the Rings"? |
| 40% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Midsummer day with the longest period of daylight |
| 40% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | "The Daily Show" star whose surname is a person in the book of Genesis: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOKYO | 5 | Home of the world's busiest train station (3.5 million daily commuters) |