| HOMERSIMPSON | TV character who says "It's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids" |
| BONDS | Spends quality time (with) |
| ANGEL | "When I'm good, I'm very good. But, when I'm bad, I'm better," said Mae West in I'm No ... |
| SNOB | "I'm better than you" sort |
| IMBAD | "... when ___, I'm better": Mae West |
| MARGE | TV character who says "I forgot to clean the lint basket in the dryer. If someone broke into the house and did laundry, it could start a fire" |
| HOMER | TV character who says "I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money?" |
| PELEG | Literary seaman who says, "It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one" |
| LATEN | What it will do in N.Y.C. at 1 a.m. (and in L.A., 10 p.m.) |
| BART | TV character who says "I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows" |
| MARIO | Video game character who says "It's-a me" |
| FAMILYGAMENIGHT | Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played |
| SPOCK | TV character who says "Live long and prosper" |
| MRED | TV character who says "You know I wouldn't talk in front of anyone but you" |
| SMALLHOURS | 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. |
| LOVELANGUAGES | Quality time, words of affirmation, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch, per a 1992 pop-psychology classic |
| ADDRESSES | Deals with the kids in the end, after a day shift? |
| TURNIN | Go home and go to bed! (4,2) |
| YOURPLACEORMINECRAFT | Sexual proposition from someone who'll go home and play video games if rejected? |
| GARTH | TV character who says "schwing!" |
