1) Began a new day 2) Began to move 3) Began to stir 4) Came alive 5) Came around 6) Came out of sleep 7) Came to 8) Came to life 9) Ended a nightmare 10) Ended an outage 11) Exited dreamland 12) Exclusively Saxon word 13) Exclusively Anglo word 14) Finished a nap 15) Finished napping 16) Got up 17) Greeted the day Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/awoke