| 100% | ACRASHINGBOAR | 13 | Unwanted party attendee who'll eventually put you to sleep, and he's a real pig, too |
| 29% | UTTERBORES | 10 | Ones who put you to sleep |
| 27% | NATE | 4 | ___ Dogg, a rapper who featured on Tupac's songs "All About You" and "Thugs Get Lonely Too" |
| 25% | ETHER | 5 | It will put you to sleep |
| 25% | OPIATES | 7 | They may put you to sleep |
| 25% | DRUG | 4 | It may put you to sleep |
| 25% | SEDATIVES | 9 | They may put you to sleep |
| 25% | ETHER | 5 | This can put you to sleep |
| 25% | TOM | 3 | Nursery rhyme boy who "stole a pig, and away he run" |
| 25% | LIPSTICK | 8 | Makeup you might put on a pig to dress it up |
| 25% | DREAMSCENARIO | 13 | 2023 film starring 18-Across, 41-Across, and Julianne Nicholson about a college professor who becomes famous when he starts appearing to random people in their sleep (2 wds.) |
| 25% | LULLABY | 7 | Song that should put you to sleep? |
| 24% | LOCAL | 5 | Anesthesia type that won’t put you to sleep |
| 24% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 24% | CHEF | 4 | One who wants you to put away everything he sets out |
| 24% | DAVE | 4 | Who Hal spoke to when he said "sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over." |
| 23% | SMALLTALK | 9 | Party pleasantries, and a hint to this puzzle's "bubbles" |
| 23% | LATEBLOOMER | 11 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 23% | HOLECHICKEN | 11 | Golfer who's too afraid to make a putt? |
| 23% | THEATERUSHER | 12 | One who'll show you to a seat |
| 23% | LULL | 4 | Put down to sleep, like a baby |
| 23% | AUNT | 4 | Mother's sister, to you, and a homophone of "ant" |
| 22% | CUB | 3 | ___ Scout (boy who's too young to be a Boy Scout) |
| 22% | KEN | 3 | He's a real doll |
| 22% | APHID | 5 | He's a real louse |
| 22% | BORE | 4 | "A person who talks when you wish him to listen," per Ambrose Bierce |
| 22% | AFRO | 4 | Jimi Hendrix's hairdo that you may wear to a disco party |
| 22% | TRUST | 5 | "After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just ___ who you are," iconic quote from "Shrek" |
| 22% | LARUSSA | 7 | Tony who managed the A's and Cardinals to World Series titles |
| 22% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | Swedish environmental activist who wrote "No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference" and who turns 18 today (2 wds.) |