| 100% | JACOB | 5 | (2/10) ...when the ghost of his old business partner ___ Marley appeared to him... |
| 46% | COME | 4 | (7/10) Last came the Ghost of Christmas Yet to ___, who took Scrooge to Christmas scenes in the future, showing him his lonely grave. |
| 41% | TIM | 3 | (9/10) He helped the Cratchit family and became a father figure to Tiny ___, and lived the rest of his life embodying the spirit of Christmas. |
| 38% | PAST | 4 | (4/10) First was the Ghost of Christmas ___, who showed Scrooge Christmas scenes from his earlier life... |
| 35% | PRESENT | 7 | (6/10) Next came the Ghost of Christmas ___, who showed Scrooge his nephew and his clerk Bob Cratchit who were happy despite poverty. |
| 30% | ROLLING | 7 | (2/5) Use a ___ pin (flattening tool) to spread the dough to make the crust of desired thickness. |
| 28% | THANKSGIVING | 12 | (2/7) "The joy of ___ slowly approaches while family members near and far flock in to celebrate." |
| 28% | GRID | 4 | (3/6) "Once that is done, time to fill the rest of the ___ (crossword maze)." |
| 28% | MARCOPOLO | 9 | He dictated the stories of his travels to his cell mate, Rustichello da Pisa |
| 28% | SPIRITS | 7 | (3/10) ...and told him that he would see three more ___ that night and must listen to them. |
| 28% | LISTEN | 6 | (4/6) ___ to the calming sounds of your surroundings and breathe. Feel how your lungs expand with every breath |
| 28% | ATA | 3 | ___ fraction of the cost (deeply discounted): 2 wds. |
| 28% | HOLLY | 5 | (2/10) "Let's continue decorating by decking the halls with boughs of ___ " |
| 27% | EIEIO | 5 | String of vowels seemingly unrelated to the narrative of Old MacDonald and his farm animals |
| 27% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to talk) |
| 27% | TRUNK | 5 | (4/7) Let's focus on more details. Pick up the brown to paint the ___ of the tree |
| 27% | WINGS | 5 | (5/6) After the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis, the colorful ___ are soft and wet. So the butterfly waits two hours for them to dry. |
| 27% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to speak well) |
| 27% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to speak eloquently) |
| 27% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to speak confidently) |
| 27% | SLATED | 6 | ___ to appear (on the upcoming schedule) |
| 27% | SON | 3 | One whose parents might need the baby products heard in the starred answers (he'll learn how to spell them when he's a bit older) |
| 26% | ANO | 3 | "I went to the event, but he was ___-show": 2 wds. |
| 26% | OVEN | 4 | (2/7) "Start with preheating the ___ (cake-making appliance) to 350 degrees." |
| 26% | BABYSHARK | 9 | Subject of the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion views (2022) |
| 26% | SOA | 3 | "___ man walks into the bar..." (start of many jokes): 2 wds. |
| 26% | MONEY | 5 | (5/10) ...such as his lonely childhood and his fiance Belle who ended their relationship as he loved ___ more than her. |
| 26% | SCENE | 5 | (5/10) "Now we just need a Nativity ___, to depict the Christmas birth, serene. " |
| 26% | MORNING | 7 | (8/10) On Christmas ___, Scrooge woke up having decided to change himself for the better. |
| 26% | LYN | 3 | ___ St. James, first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year (1992) |