| 100% | CALM | 4 | "Keep ___ and Carry On" (British motto that's been widely parodied in recent years) |
| 42% | CALM | 4 | "Keep ___ and Carry On" (British motto) |
| 34% | BALL | 4 | Times Square ___ Drop, New Year event that was first held on New Year's Eve in 1907 |
| 34% | ROCKSTAR | 8 | Post Malone and 21 Savage song that was #5 on Billboard's 2018 Year-End Hot 100 |
| 34% | KINGSLEY | 8 | Actor Ben ___ who played Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 34% | KILMER | 6 | Actor Val ___ who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 33% | THEMIDDLE | 9 | Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey song that was #8 on Billboard's 2018 Year-End Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TIMEX | 5 | Watch that "takes a licking and keeps on ticking" in ads |
| 33% | ROSE | 4 | ___ Parade, annual New Year's Day parade in California that is known for its floral-covered floats and marching bands |
| 33% | PETRA | 5 | Abandoned city in Jordan that was "lost" and hidden in the desert for years |
| 33% | BLOOD | 5 | "___ Tea and Red String," 2006 animated film that was in production for 13 years |
| 33% | POLO | 4 | Sport that can be played in water and on horseback |
| 32% | AMR | 3 | Narrow gauge line started in 1854 on CA's north coast that served the redwood industry and kept running until 1986 (abbr.) |
| 32% | CALM | 4 | Keep ___ and carry on |
| 32% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Festival that comes after Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 25th December every year |
| 32% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | Festival that comes before Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 31st October every year |
| 32% | AGING | 5 | Getting on in years, and a process that everyone in the world goes through (:-o) |
| 32% | TOKED | 5 | Something I am certain that many people did in Illinois on January 1 this year |
| 31% | ALE | 3 | Drink that's available in bottles and on tap |
| 31% | SLAIN | 5 | "Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were ___ / And unburied remain / Inglorious on the plain": John Dryden |
| 31% | THEXFACTOR | 10 | Singing competition show that Demi Lovato was a judge on in 2012 and 2013: 3 wds. |
| 31% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | LASSIE | 6 | Famous Collie that's been in film, TV and radio |
| 31% | TEST | 4 | ___ tube, container found in a lab that is usually finger-like and is placed on a rack |
| 30% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 30% | MARGARITAVILLE | 14 | 42-Across hit song with the lyrics "But there's booze in the blender / And soon it will render / That frozen concoction that helps me hang on" |
| 30% | CALM | 4 | “Keep ___ and carry on” |
| 30% | OVETT | 5 | British Middle-distance runner Steve ___, who in 1987 had bronze statue erected in Brighton, UK that was stolen 20 years later |
| 30% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 30% | MULLET | 6 | Haircut that's short on the top and sides and long in back |