| 2026-01-18 | Part of a bedtime routine |
| 2025-04-06 | Floor |
| 2024-08-03 | Part of a child's bedtime routine, perhaps |
| 2024-03-26 | Level |
| 2023-12-04 | Child's bedtime request |
| 2022-07-21 | Alibi, say |
| 2022-04-13 | Part of a child's bedtime ritual |
| 2022-03-27 | Yarn |
| 2020-10-04 | Floor |
| 2020-08-12 | Tale |
| 2019-09-19 | See 18-Across |
| 2018-04-21 | Child's request |
| 2017-11-29 | Alibi |
| 2016-10-27 | Campfire entertainment |
| 2016-06-07 | See 47-Across |
| 2014-05-18 | Lie |
| 2014-04-16 | Floor |
| 2013-08-06 | O. Henry work |
| 2012-04-03 | "Likely ___!" |
| 2010-07-05 | Tale |
| 2008-07-10 | Level ... or a three-word hint to 20-, 38- and 60-Across |
| 2008-06-30 | Tale |
| 2008-06-01 | Alibi |
| 2008-02-17 | Lie |
| 2007-07-26 | - |
| 2007-06-07 | Level |
| 2006-01-23 | Alibi |
| 2005-02-02 | Bedtime request |
| 2004-06-03 | News feature |
| 2004-04-10 | End of a flight? |
| 2004-02-23 | Narrative |
| 2003-10-13 | Many a parent/child bedtime ritual |
| 2002-10-25 | See 27-Across |
| 2001-02-22 | Alibi |
| 2000-09-24 | Child's bedtime treat |
| 2000-04-29 | News feature |
| 1997-12-02 | "Hansel and Gretel," for one |
| 1996-12-16 | Tale |
| 1996-10-03 | Yarn |
| 1995-09-22 | Bedtime request |
| 1995-09-17 | Yarn |
| 1994-07-30 | Excuse |