| 86% | HONOUR | 6 | "I will ___ Christmas in my heart ..." (part 1 of a quote by Scrooge) |
| 40% | JOURNAL | 7 | *"In 2024, I will ___ (pen down) my thoughts in a diary regularly!" |
| 40% | STRIVE | 6 | "The Spirits of all Three shall ___ within me" (end of a quote by Scrooge) |
| 37% | OWE | 3 | "I ___ it all to my parents..." (words in a valedictorian's speech, maybe) |
| 36% | ILET | 4 | "___ a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington classic) |
| 36% | GODOWN | 6 | "I will ___ in history as the greatest..." (make a name): 2 wds. |
| 36% | SOME | 4 | (6/7) Harry knew in his heart it was ["___ Kind of Wonderful"] 1987 romantic drama starring Eric Stoltz...or what may be the sixth sentence in a romantic story |
| 36% | ANA | 3 | "Give me ___!" (start of a cheer in Alabama) |
| 35% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 35% | OBAMA | 5 | "By the way, I would have voted for ___ a third time if I could" (Get Out quote) |
| 34% | ALL | 3 | (8/8) "...Make my wish come true, ___ I want for Christmas is you." |
| 34% | GAVE | 4 | "Last Christmas I ___ you my heart..." |
| 34% | CAT | 3 | "Karma is a __ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric |
| 34% | MEA | 3 | ___ navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat ("My hovercraft is full of eels" in Latin) |
| 34% | GAVE | 4 | "Last Christmas, I ___ you my heart..." |
| 33% | THERE | 5 | "___ once was a ..." (beginning of many limericks) |
| 33% | ARMY | 4 | "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the ___" (song from "White Christmas") |
| 33% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 33% | PIBB | 4 | "Ola! I'm Mr.___, a dupe of cola! I was introduced in 1974 and I'm a spicy cherry flavor" |
| 33% | LORDE | 5 | Her No. 1 hit "Royals" was inspired by a 1976 photo of George Brett |
| 32% | CAP | 3 | A feather in one's ___ (achievement to be proud of) |
| 32% | ONLY | 4 | "If ___ My Heart Had a Voice," twenty-fifth studio album by Kenny Rogers that released in 1993 |
| 32% | LILIES | 6 | "...And ___ face the March-winds in full blow..." (2nd line of a spring-themed poem written by 14a) |
| 32% | AWE | 3 | "I am in ___ of you!" ("I'm amazed!") |
| 32% | PAST | 4 | (4/10) First was the Ghost of Christmas ___, who showed Scrooge Christmas scenes from his earlier life... |
| 32% | BEES | 4 | Parts of a business idea on Arrested Development that Gob says will "bring in honey" |
| 32% | ARC | 3 | "The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" (quote by Dr. King) |
| 31% | MILES | 5 | "And I would walk 500 ___..." (lyrics by The Proclaimers) |
| 31% | AWE | 3 | "I'm in ___ of her beauty!" (amazed by) |
| 31% | TWELFTH | 7 | "On the ___ day of Christmas ..." (start of a holiday song's last verse) |