| 100% | NOELS | 5 | "Joy to the World" and others |
| 71% | ISCOME | 6 | Joy to the world, the Lord __; well-known lyrics |
| 65% | ESTEE | 5 | "I relish reaching out to the world and its infinite beauty!" writer Lauder |
| 64% | HER | 3 | ''Joy to the World'' pronoun |
| 64% | JEREMIAH | 8 | "joy to the world" bullfrog |
| 63% | SLOGANS | 7 | "Workers of the world, unite!" and others |
| 63% | SPACEBALLADS | 12 | "Fly Me to the Moon" and others? |
| 63% | AXTON | 5 | "Joy to the World" penner Hoyt ___ |
| 63% | NOEL | 4 | "Joy to the World," for one |
| 63% | CAROL | 5 | "Joy to the World," e.g. |
| 62% | ANTIPODAL | 9 | Relating to the other side of the world |
| 62% | DOG | 3 | "Joy to the World" band Three ___ Night |
| 62% | PSALMS | 6 | Inspiration for "Joy to the World" |
| 61% | AXTON | 5 | Hoyt who wrote "Joy to the World" |
| 60% | DOGNIGHT | 8 | Three ___ ("Joy to the World" band): 2 wds. |
| 60% | HER | 3 | Pronoun for earth in ''Joy to the World'' |
| 59% | ISAAC | 5 | ___ Watts, English hymnist who wrote "Joy to the World" |
| 58% | HOYTAXTON | 9 | "Joy to the World" country singer born in Duncan, Oklahoma (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ODES | 4 | "To the Moon" and others |
| 57% | GRANDFATHER | 11 | What 18-Across is, to the other protagonist, Morty Smith, in "Rick and Morty" |
| 56% | GEORGIADOME | 11 | Only facility in the world to have hosted the Olympics, Super Bowl and Final Four |
| 56% | RIGA | 4 | World capital where it's illegal to display the Soviet hammer and sickle |
| 56% | JOY | 3 | "___ to the World..." |
| 56% | JOY | 3 | "___ to the World" |
| 56% | JOY | 3 | “— to the World” |
| 56% | SLOVAKIA | 8 | Home of the only world capital to border two other countries |
| 55% | BAKERY | 6 | Yreka, CA is home to the palindromic Yrella Gallery and was home this other palindromic business |
| 55% | LARUSSA | 7 | Tony who managed the A's and Cardinals to World Series titles |
| 55% | ROUND | 5 | "Love Make the World Go ___," charity single written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez amongst others |
| 54% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | "Joy to the World" band with the 1969 hit single "Easy to Be Hard": 3 wds. |