| 100% | NICE | 4 | "He's gonna find out who's naughty or ___ ..." (Christmas song lyric) |
| 75% | NICE | 4 | "He's gonna find out who's naughty or ___ ..." |
| 66% | HES | 3 | "___ gonna find out who's naughty or nice, Santa Claus is comin' to town..." |
| 59% | GONNA | 5 | "...___ find out who's naughty or nice" |
| 35% | MRKNOWITALL | 11 | 2011 Kelly Clarkson song with the lyric "Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me": 4 wds. |
| 33% | ELECTIONDAY | 11 | Time to decide who's in or out |
| 32% | LIKEICAN | 8 | 46-Across song from the album "In the Lonely Hour" with the lyric "There may be lovers who hold out their hands but / He'll never love you" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THAT | 4 | "They know ___ Santa's on his way" ("The Christmas Song" lyric) |
| 30% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | "Don't mess with" him, per an old song lyric ... or a hint to 18-, 20-, 55- and 58-Across |
| 30% | IRA | 3 | He wrote lyrics for many of George's songs |
| 29% | PEAR | 4 | A partridge's tree in a Christmas song, or a distinctively shaped fruit |
| 29% | LAYLA | 5 | Clapton song about girl who's got him on his knees |
| 29% | TORME | 5 | Mel who co-wrote "The Christmas Song" |
| 29% | TORME | 5 | Singer who co-wrote "The Christmas Song" |
| 29% | TORME | 5 | Mel who co-wrote “The Christmas Song” |
| 29% | PLUTO | 5 | "___ Gets the Call" (kids' book about a planet finding out he's no longer a planet) |
| 28% | NAT | 3 | Cole who sang "The Christmas Song" |
| 28% | ESKIMOS | 7 | "And folks dressed up like ___" ("The Christmas Song" lyric) |
| 28% | NAT | 3 | ___ King Cole who sang "The Christmas Song" |
| 28% | REALISE | 7 | Ascertain or find out, to a Brit |
| 28% | BONEY | 5 | ___ M., German-Caribbean vocal group who covered the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child" in 1978 |
| 28% | BADGIRLFRIEND | 13 | Theory of a Deadman song with the lyric "She's naughty to the end" |
| 28% | AGLOW | 5 | "Tiny tots with their eyes all ___" ("The Christmas Song" lyric) |
| 28% | JACKFROST | 9 | He is nipping at your nose in The Christmas Song |
| 27% | MEL | 3 | Jazz singer Tormé who wrote "The Christmas Song" |
| 27% | KINGCOLE | 8 | Jazz musician Nat, who recorded The Christmas Song |
| 27% | STATUEOFAFOOL | 13 | Ricky Van Shelton song with the lyric "To honor the million tears he's cried" |
| 27% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | Novelty B-52's song with the lyric "Watch out for that piranha" |
| 27% | FELIZNAVIDAD | 12 | Christmas song with the lyric "Próspero año y felicidad" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | TORME | 5 | Singer Mel who cowrote and sang "The Christmas Song" |