| Advance toward evening | 22 |
| Move toward day's end | 25 |
| Go past midnight, maybe | 23 |
| Get on towards midnight | 23 |
| Get on toward midnight | 22 |
| Gets closer to midnight | 23 |
| Approaches the wee hours | 24 |
| Approaches midnight, say | 24 |
| Present but not visible | 23 |
| Present but not active | 22 |
| Scarcely visible fingerprint | 28 |
| Fingerprint found by dusting | 28 |
| Existent but unrevealed | 23 |
| Tardy student's need | 24 |
| Note used for a holdup | 22 |
| Note excusing tardiness | 23 |
| Hall monitor's bestowal | 27 |
| Slangy "So long!" | 27 |
| Procrastinator's word | 25 |
| Procrastinator's reply | 26 |
| "I'm off!" | 24 |
| "Bye for now" | 23 |
| Procrastinator's mantra | 27 |
| "In a little while" | 29 |
| Sooner's alternative | 24 |
| Slangy "so long" | 26 |
| "See ya ___!" | 23 |
| Word of procrastination | 23 |
| At some time in the future | 26 |
| "See you ___" | 23 |
| "In a while" | 22 |
| "Buy now, pay ___" | 28 |
| Quarterback's maneuver | 26 |
| Like outside-the-box thinking | 29 |
| Wishbone-offense option | 23 |
| Pass out on the field? | 22 |
| Part of a flea-flicker | 22 |
| Neither forward nor backward | 28 |
| Kind of pass in football | 24 |
| Henry Burris specialty | 22 |
| Alternative to a forward pass | 29 |
| A pass that isn't forward | 29 |
| One who's not up at noon | 28 |
| Early bird's opposite | 25 |
| Entertainment for night owls | 28 |
| Wee hours entertainment | 23 |
| TV program for night owls | 25 |
| TV program for insomniacs | 25 |
| TV fare for night owls | 22 |
| Program for an insomniac | 24 |
| Night owl's viewing | 23 |
| Night owl's TV fare | 23 |
| Night owl's entertainment | 29 |
| Letterman's program, e.g. | 29 |
| Like some developments | 22 |
| Quidnunc's interest | 23 |
| News hot off the press | 22 |
| Like up-to-the-minute news | 26 |
| Gossip, with "the" | 28 |
| Fashion maven's quest | 25 |
| Result of sleeping in, e.g. | 27 |
| Result of oversleeping | 22 |
| One reason for a safe call | 26 |
| Baseman's misplay, maybe | 28 |
| Base-stealer's hope | 23 |
| Slide follower, perhaps | 23 |
| Infielder's untimely move | 29 |
| Infielder's failure | 23 |
| Not on target for, timewise | 27 |
| Afternoon market activity | 25 |
| Surgical glove material | 23 |
| Kitchen glove material | 22 |
| Kind of gloves or paint | 23 |
| House paint ingredient | 22 |
| Surgeon's glove material | 28 |
| Material for some balloons | 26 |
| Liquid that yields rubber | 25 |
| House-paint ingredient | 22 |
| Foam rubber ingredient | 22 |
| Doctor's glove material | 27 |
| Rubber trousers for women? | 26 |
| Homebuilder's strip | 23 |
| It often gets plastered | 23 |
| Plaster supporter, in a way | 27 |
| It's often plastered | 24 |
| Wood strip supporting plaster | 29 |
| Strip of wood in homebuilding | 29 |
| Material for a trellis | 22 |
| Homebuilder's supply | 24 |
| Groundwork for plaster | 22 |
| Foundation for plaster | 22 |
| Builder's backing strip | 27 |
| Carpenter's machine | 23 |
| Turning chisel accompanier | 26 |
| Machine for shaping wood | 24 |
| Carpenter's shaping tool | 28 |
| Bat maker's machine | 23 |
| Woodworker's machine | 24 |
| What may make you bats? | 23 |
| Tool used in shop class | 23 |