| 100% | SOURCES | 7 | "According to ___, news is just coming in..." (information providers) |
| 50% | APATCHYAPACHE | 13 | Geronimo, when his beard was just coming in? |
| 47% | ENTERED | 7 | Came in to finish with new tree |
| 45% | ETRE | 4 | To be, in old New Orleans |
| 43% | TOWN | 4 | Where Santa Claus is coming, according to Bruce Springsteen in a 1985 Christmas song? |
| 43% | CAVALRY | 7 | In Western film, this is coming to the rescue |
| 42% | EQUALS | 6 | Comes to, or is the same as, in math |
| 42% | TIL | 3 | "It was news to me," in online shorthand |
| 42% | TIL | 3 | "This is new to me," in online shorthand |
| 42% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 42% | NOOL | 4 | According to the Sour Kangaroo, Horton was "the biggest blame fool in the jungle of ___" |
| 41% | AFAR | 4 | ''I came from __ just to say 'Bonsoir!''': Lafayette in ''Hamilton'' |
| 41% | CONCORDMYFEARS | 14 | "I was afraid to ski, but in New Hampshire I ___!" |
| 40% | YET | 3 | "The Best Is ___ to Come" (last song Sinatra sang in public) |
| 40% | POUT | 4 | Ignore one of the warnings in “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” |
| 40% | LAW | 3 | What the bill wants to be, in "I'm Just a Bill" |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | Word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts |
| 39% | JAN | 3 | New Year month to send a wish that is highlighted in this puzzle, for short |
| 39% | NYT | 3 | Its motto is "All the News That's Fit to Print," in brief |
| 39% | ARE | 3 | Verb that may be shortened to just its middle letter in a text |
| 39% | PINE | 4 | ___ Barrens, forest in New Jersey said to be haunted by the Jersey Devil |
| 39% | ACTOR | 5 | What a waiter in New York or Los Angeles might aspire to be |
| 38% | SUSANAMARTINEZ | 14 | In 2010, she became the first woman to be elected governor of New Mexico: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 38% | CHANGEDMAN | 10 | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | DINNERTIME | 10 | According to Jacob's Creek, an Australian winemaker, a survey in 2007 found this to be 7:47pm in the UK |
| 38% | TAVERN | 6 | Inn, according to song there is one "in the town" |
| 38% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "Well, looky who just came in!" |
| 38% | EST | 3 | Clock setting in New York that is key to the Times Square Ball Drop: Abbr. |
| 38% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile |