| 100% | ALARM | 5 | Vibrator kept by the bed, perhaps? |
| 57% | PHONEALARM | 10 | Vibrator beside the bed, perhaps |
| 47% | CRUCIFIX | 8 | Cross over the bed, perhaps |
| 45% | RAKEOFFS | 8 | Cut of winnings kept by the operator |
| 44% | AGED | 4 | Kept in the cellar, perhaps |
| 44% | ROWA | 4 | Seats by the orchestra pit, perhaps |
| 44% | ONTAP | 5 | Available by the pint, perhaps |
| 44% | LINGERS | 7 | Keeps the host up, perhaps |
| 42% | KLEENEX | 7 | Sheet by a bed, perhaps |
| 41% | BAD | 3 | Past the "use by" date, perhaps |
| 41% | BAD | 3 | Past the "sell by" date, perhaps |
| 40% | ARREST | 6 | Keep in custody by authority of the law |
| 39% | REPRESS | 7 | Keep in the back of one's mind, perhaps |
| 39% | MOLDY | 5 | Long past the "use by" date, perhaps |
| 39% | TAKESADETOUR | 12 | Chooses the road less traveled by, perhaps |
| 39% | ILL | 3 | In bed with the flu, perhaps |
| 38% | IMPULSEBUY | 10 | Magazine or candy bar by the checkout, perhaps |
| 38% | GRAVITY | 7 | Force by which the Earth keeps us grounded |
| 38% | LINENS | 6 | Bedding fabrics kept in the closet |
| 36% | SLEEPCYCLE | 10 | Exercise done by hitting the snooze button and staying in bed? |
| 36% | FOURTEEN | 8 | 2018 song by Secrets or the age of eighth-graders, perhaps |
| 35% | BEATOFF | 7 | Repel, by hitting the ground perhaps |
| 34% | BAD | 3 | Past the "sell-by" date, perhaps |
| 34% | OMAR | 4 | Source of the line "The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one" |
| 34% | SHADED | 6 | Sheltered from the sun by an awning, perhaps |
| 34% | SWEATER | 7 | "___ Weather," song by The Neighborhood or a knitted garment that keeps you warm during a nippy fall morning |
| 34% | SHYNESS | 7 | Quality that keeps wallflowers by the wall |
| 34% | GAVELS | 6 | Items kept by the Senate in a mahogany box, one at least 230 years old and the other a mere 66 years old |
| 33% | LAICALLY | 8 | By the flock |
| 33% | APIECE | 6 | By the item |