| Sleep-research abbr. | 20 |
| Sleep state, for short | 22 |
| Sleep state abbreviation | 24 |
| Sleep stage, initially | 22 |
| Sleep stage abbr. | 17 |
| Sleep stage for short | 22 |
| Sleep segment | 13 |
| Sleep researcher's abbr. | 28 |
| Sleep phenom, for short | 23 |
| Sleep phase, familiarly | 23 |
| Sleep phase, briefly | 20 |
| Sleep period | 12 |
| Sleep measure | 13 |
| Sleep letters | 13 |
| Sleep cycle letters | 19 |
| Sleep activity, for short | 25 |
| Sleep activity | 14 |
| Rockers originally from Athens | 30 |
| Rock group with whom Dan Rather once jammed | 43 |
| Rock group with the 1994 #1 album "Monster" | 53 |
| Rock group from Athens, Georgia | 31 |
| Rock band with the album "Green" | 42 |
| Rock band fronted by Michael Stipe | 34 |
| Quantity of radiation | 21 |
| Post-retirement occurrence | 26 |
| Post-retirement activity? | 25 |
| Polysomnogram letters | 21 |
| Phenomenon that occurs during dreams | 36 |
| Peter Buck band | 15 |
| Out of Time group | 19 |
| Out of Time band | 18 |
| Optic activity during sleep | 27 |
| Occurrence after retiring | 25 |
| Nocturnal cycle occurrence | 26 |
| My wife's third most-hated band (behind Big Country and Phil Collins solo) | 78 |
| Michael Stipe's group | 25 |
| Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry and Mike Mills | 52 |
| Michael Stipe band | 18 |
| Measure of radiation | 20 |
| Like some sleep, for short | 26 |
| It has you seeing things | 24 |
| It can help you see things when you're out | 46 |
| Influential group of men from Athens | 36 |
| In ___ (like some lawsuits) | 27 |
| Hypnology acronym | 17 |
| Hypnologist's subject | 25 |
| Group with the monster 1994 album "Monster" | 53 |
| Group with the hit CD "Monster" | 41 |
| Group with the #1 album "Out of Time" | 47 |
| Dreamy state? | 13 |
| Dreamy sleep | 12 |
| Dreamland acronym | 17 |
| Dreaming phenomenon | 19 |
| Dreamer's optical activity, for short | 41 |
| Dreamer's eye movement, for short | 37 |
| Dreamer's activity, for short | 33 |
| Dream state letters | 19 |
| Dream period, for short | 23 |
| Dream manifestation: Abbr. | 26 |
| Dream inits. | 12 |
| Dream evidence | 14 |
| Dream acronym | 13 |
| Crucial sleep stage | 19 |
| Buck's former group | 23 |
| Buck's band | 15 |
| Band with the multiplatinum albums "Out of Time" and "Monster" | 82 |
| Band with the compilation album "And I Feel Fine..." | 62 |
| Band with the albums "Green" and "Monster" | 62 |
| Band with the album "Monster" | 39 |
| Band with the album "" | 32 |
| Band with the 2006 album "And I Feel Fine ..." | 56 |
| Band with the 1994 album "Monster" | 44 |
| Band with the 1994 #1 album "Monster" | 47 |
| Band with the 1993 hit "Man on the Moon" | 50 |
| Band with the 1991 hit "Shiny Happy People" | 53 |
| Band with the 1989 hit "Stand" | 40 |
| Band with the #1 albums "Out of Time" and "Monster" | 71 |
| Band with the #1 album "Monster" | 42 |
| Band whose members formed Hindu Love Gods with Warren Zevon | 59 |
| Band whose "Man on the Moon" is a tribute to Andy Kaufman | 67 |
| Band who settled on their name by flipping randomly through the dictionary | 74 |
| Band who guest starred on "The Simpsons" episode "Homer the Moe" | 84 |
| Band who broke up 9/21/11 | 25 |
| Band that disbanded in 2011 | 27 |
| Band that broke up in September 2011 | 36 |
| Band since 1980 that disbanded in 2011 | 38 |
| Band from Athens, Georgia | 25 |
| Band called Twisted Kites at its first gig | 42 |
| Athens band that turned 30 in 2010 | 34 |
| American band from Athens | 25 |
| Ad __: interminably | 19 |
| Ad __ (to the point) | 20 |
| A kind of memory | 16 |
| 2007 Rock Hall of Fame inductee | 31 |
| "The Great Beyond" band | 33 |
| "Stand" rock group | 28 |
| "Stand" band, 1989 | 28 |
| "Shiny Happy People" band, 1991 | 41 |
| "Radio Free Europe" rock band | 39 |
| "Radio Free Europe" group | 35 |