1) Awake 2) Coming alive 3) Exiting dreamland 4) Kind of hours 5) Regaining consciousness 6) The state of remaining awake Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/waking
Wak'ing noun 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake. 2. A watch; a watching. [ Obsolete] 'Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings , in fastings.' Chaucer. « In the fourth waking of the night.» Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/3