| 100% | SHELF | 5 | "The Elf on the ___" (Christmas-themed book) |
| 88% | SHELF | 5 | "The Elf on the ___: A Christmas Tradition," 2005 picture book for children |
| 81% | SHELF | 5 | "The Elf on the ___" (Christmas-themed story) |
| 74% | SHELF | 5 | The Elf on the ___ (Christmas tradition) |
| 71% | SHELF | 5 | Elf on the ___ (Christmas tradition) |
| 69% | ELF | 3 | "The ___ on the Shelf" (rhyming Christmas book title) |
| 67% | ELF | 3 | "The ___ on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition" (2005 holiday book) |
| 67% | ELF | 3 | "The ___ on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition" (2005 picture book) |
| 67% | SHELF | 5 | Elf on the ___ (Christmas tradition depicted by this puzzle) |
| 65% | ELF | 3 | "The ___ on the Shelf" (Christmas book) |
| 61% | ELF | 3 | "The ___ on the Shelf" (Christmas book sold with a toy) |
| 61% | ELF | 3 | "The ___ on the Shelf" (Christmas book paired with a toy) |
| 60% | POLAR | 5 | "___ Express," Christmas themed animated film based on a children's book written by Chris Van Allsburg |
| 59% | DAY | 3 | "The Snowy ___," 2016 Christmas-themed animated short film based on a book by Ezra Jack Keats |
| 59% | DOBBY | 5 | Elf in the Harry Potter books |
| 58% | LITERARY | 8 | On the books? |
| 57% | SHOE | 4 | "Little Gretchen and the Wooden ___," children's Christmas-themed book by Elizabeth Harrison |
| 56% | TITLE | 5 | Found on the front of a book |
| 56% | ORIGIN | 6 | On the __ of Species, book on evolution |
| 56% | BLURBS | 6 | Promotional writings on the back of books |
| 56% | ELF | 3 | Christmas figure on the shelf |
| 56% | ELF | 3 | Christmas decor on the shelf? |
| 55% | KEEBLER | 7 | Cookie brand with an elf on the packaging |
| 55% | DIMWIT | 6 | Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree |
| 55% | DENSE | 5 | Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree |
| 55% | BAUBLE | 6 | Colorful spherical trinket hung on the Christmas tree |
| 55% | SHORE | 5 | “Kafka on the ___” (Haruki Murakami book) |
| 55% | WREATH | 6 | Christmas decoration on the front door |
| 55% | ISAAC | 5 | Name on the "Robot" series books |
| 55% | ELF | 3 | ___ on the shelf, Christmas figure |