| 100% | IQUOTE | 6 | "The exact words were..." |
| 100% | IQUOTE | 6 | ''The exact words were . . .'' |
| 83% | IQUOTE | 6 | "Their exact words were …" |
| 73% | USAGE | 5 | The way words are employed in sentences |
| 69% | TIPOFONESTONGUE | 15 | Where the right word is, often |
| 68% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words that precede "Born is the King ..." |
| 68% | AND | 3 | The word that ampersands are used for |
| 68% | ANTONYM | 7 | Word that is the opposite of another |
| 67% | CAPTAINAHAB | 11 | His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 67% | KURTZ | 5 | Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" |
| 67% | ACHRISTMASCAROL | 15 | Novella whose final words are found in the circled squares |
| 66% | ANTONYMS | 8 | Words that mean the opposite are known as __ |
| 66% | WISE | 4 | "A word to the ___ is sufficient" |
| 65% | NEROWOLFE | 9 | Fictional detective whose first recorded words are "Where's the beer?" |
| 65% | DICTATION | 9 | The action of saying words aloud to be typed |
| 65% | NOELNOEL | 8 | Words heard before “Born is the King of Israel” |
| 65% | TROY | 4 | The word "Trojan Horse" is related to this city |
| 65% | MUM | 3 | "___'s the word" ("This is a secret") |
| 65% | OKAY | 4 | How the word ok is actually spelled |
| 64% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 64% | IDO | 3 | Words said after being walked down the aisle: 2 wds. |
| 64% | PHRASING | 8 | The way in which an idea is expressed in words |
| 64% | PAT | 3 | Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
| 64% | NOEL | 4 | Word repeatedly sung before "Born is the king of Israel" |
| 64% | TIME | 4 | Word that can be ''framed'' by the longest Across answers |
| 64% | SHIPOOPI | 8 | The Music Man song whose title is a nonsense word |
| 64% | THY | 3 | "I am the Lord ___ God" (First Commandment words) |
| 64% | URN | 3 | Item that inspired the words "Beauty is truth" |
| 64% | MAP | 3 | It may include the words "You are here" |