| 100% | TONIGHT | 7 | This evening; referring to later in the day |
| 54% | YORE | 4 | Term referring to days in the past |
| 51% | NIGHTOWL | 8 | Someone who functions better later in the day |
| 47% | STUBBLE | 7 | Short beard growth that's visible late in the day |
| 47% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 47% | NOISE | 5 | Despite being inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Radiohead still produces this, to many people |
| 45% | MACBETH | 7 | Speaker of the line "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" |
| 45% | BONAPARTE | 9 | Napoleon ___, one of the greatest conquerors of all time who is studied in military schools to this day |
| 45% | SEAMAN | 6 | The Canadian Navy caused an uproar last month in announcing that this rank would be renamed to be more gender neutral |
| 44% | SKELETAL | 8 | Referring to the bones in the human body |
| 44% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 44% | TESSA | 5 | "Late in the Day" novelist Hadley |
| 43% | BRIDAL | 6 | Referring to a woman in the context of her wedding |
| 43% | LADDER | 6 | In the Bible, Jacob dreamt of this stair to heaven |
| 43% | FURBISH | 7 | In the old days it meant to polish a weapon |
| 43% | UNIFORM | 7 | People in the military have to wear this |
| 43% | ENTRAIL | 7 | Internal organ, usually referred to in the plural |
| 42% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet who refers to himself in the third person |
| 42% | GOT | 3 | How people refer to the show in 29a, briefly |
| 42% | TWELFTH | 7 | In song, the last day of Christmas |
| 42% | ZUCCHINI | 8 | This squash comes last in the alphabet |
| 42% | IMS | 3 | Types notes to, back in the day |
| 42% | ESTOS | 5 | These, to the characters in 8-Across |
| 42% | BLANK | 5 | Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 42% | TOES | 4 | What "ten" refers to in the surfing term "hang ten" |
| 42% | BABOON | 6 | Rafiki is referred to as one in The Lion King |
| 42% | OCTOBER | 7 | The last day of this month is Halloween |
| 42% | THOMASJEFFERSON | 15 | The third president, born this day in 1743 |
| 42% | FRI | 3 | Last day of the working week, in short |
| 42% | STOLEN | 6 | This happened to the Mona Lisa in 1911 |