| 100% | SLEPTON | 7 | Took the night to decide (2 wds.) |
| 61% | SLEEPON | 7 | Take the night to think over |
| 58% | OPTIN | 5 | Decide to take part: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ORNO | 4 | "Yes ___?" ("You need to decide"): 2 wds. |
| 54% | ATA | 3 | ___ crossroads (about to decide something): 2 wds. |
| 54% | INBED | 5 | Having retired for the night: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ONIT | 4 | Sleep ___ (take some time to decide) (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ONIT | 4 | "Sleep ___" ("Take some time to decide") (2 wds.) |
| 52% | OWNUP | 5 | Take the blame, as for a mistake: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ATA | 3 | ___ crossroads (needing to decide something important): 2 wds. |
| 50% | LETIN | 5 | Open the door to: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ONTO | 4 | "Hold ___ the Nights" (#1 hit for Richard Marx): 2 wds. |
| 50% | GOTO | 4 | ___ bed (retire for the night): 2 wds. |
| 50% | GSTAR | 5 | The sun, to astronomers: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROSIERUIZ | 9 | Woman who took a shortcut to "win" the 1980 Boston Marathon: 2 wds. |
| 49% | OUTAT | 5 | "What were you doing ___ that time of the night?": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ONTO | 4 | "Hold ___ the Nights" (1988 #1 hit for Richard Marx): 2 wds. |
| 49% | DUALIPA | 7 | "Dance the Night" singer who played Mermaid Barbie in "Barbie": 2 wds. |
| 48% | OPTSOUT | 7 | Decides not to participate: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SIZESUP | 7 | Takes the measure of (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ORBAN | 5 | "They have yet to decide whether to allow it, ___ it" (prohibit): 2 wds. |
| 47% | STARCHART | 9 | Map of the night sky (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ITTO | 4 | "You can take ___ the bank": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ASAFE | 5 | "She needs to find ___ place to spend the night.": 2 wds. |
| 47% | FLOORSIT | 8 | Puts the pedal to the metal: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MYBAD | 5 | "Sorry ... I'll take the blame": 2 wds. |
| 46% | POPSMOKE | 8 | "For the Night" rapper whose biggest hits entered the Billboard Hot 100 posthumously: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CLAYAIKEN | 9 | "This Is the Night" singer who is running for Congress in North Carolina: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IFNOT | 5 | "___ you, I will take someone else to the prom": 2 wds. |
| 46% | NOTREDAME | 9 | Home to the Fighting Irish: 2 wds. |