Burning the midnight oil
Else clues• Awake at 1 a.m., e.g.
• Awake far past midnight
• Awake into the wee hours
• Awake past midnight, say
• Burning the midnight oil, so to speak
• Celebrating New Year's Eve
• Cramming for a final, perhaps
• Cramming for a test, maybe
• Cramming, say
• Having a midnight snack, say
• Like students on finals eve
• Out beyond the curfew
• Pulling an all-nighter
• Running on Red Bull, say
• Still awake at 1 a.m., say
• Still awake in the wee hours: 2 wds.
• Studying into the wee hours, say
• Watching Conan O'Brien, say
• Watching Craig Ferguson, say
• Watching infomercials, maybe
• Watching Letterman or Conan, say
• Way to stay, for Jay, say