| 100% | REDSKY | 6 | Warning in the morning or delight at night, in a saying |
| 55% | REDSKY | 6 | "Sailors' delight" at night, in a saying |
| 44% | EARLY | 5 | Like six in the morning, to a night owl |
| 43% | REDSKY | 6 | Morning warning in a sailor's saying |
| 43% | YELLOW | 6 | Cheerful shade of the sky in the morning, or the color of a daffodil |
| 41% | SPECTATOR | 9 | A fan or someone in the crowd at a sports event |
| 41% | CAMP | 4 | Something to make at night and break in the morning |
| 40% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 39% | SUPINE | 6 | Position of one just lying in a field at night watching the heavens |
| 39% | PORTRAITOFJASON | 15 | 1967 Shirley Clarke documentary shot in a single night at the Hotel Chelsea |
| 39% | REREDOS | 7 | Screen or wall decoration at the back of an altar in a church |
| 39% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Phrase a bride or groom says at the altar: 2 wds. |
| 38% | GOTUP | 5 | "I ___ at six in the morning" (was no more in a state of slumber): 2 wds. |
| 38% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 38% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 38% | SKY | 3 | The limit, in a saying |
| 38% | MUM | 3 | The word, in a saying |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | The highest or the lowest card in a card game |
| 38% | NAMECARDS | 9 | Labels at a dinner party ... or a hint to the circled letters hidden in the theme answers? |
| 38% | WARM | 4 | In the 70s or 80s, say |
| 37% | STUBBED | 7 | Like an injured toe, often as a result of wandering to the washroom at three in the morning |
| 37% | GIMBAL | 6 | Arrangement of pivoting rings that keeps navigation instruments in a horizontal position at sea or in the air |
| 37% | WEE | 3 | In the ___ hours (very late at night) |
| 37% | OTIS | 4 | Groucho in "A Night at the Opera" |
| 37% | OTIS | 4 | Groucho, in "A Night at the Opera" |
| 37% | EARLY | 5 | Like the worm-catcher, in a saying |
| 37% | EARLY | 5 | Five in the morning, say |
| 37% | DAY | 3 | ___ at the Museum (if "Night at the Museum" was filmed in the morning?) |
| 37% | AHMED | 5 | Riz —, 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner for The Night Of |