| 100% | FOUR | 4 | (2/5) Part of a New Year's Eve countdown...or 2+2 result |
| 77% | FIVE | 4 | (1/5) Start of a New Year's Eve countdown...or the result of 100 divided by 20 |
| 73% | THREE | 5 | (3/5) Part of a New Year's countdown... or a trio's number |
| 70% | TWO | 3 | (4/5) Part of a New Year's Countdown...or a duo's number |
| 61% | ONE | 3 | (5/5) End of a New Year's countdown...or the number that follows 31 on the calendar |
| 45% | FIVE | 4 | Half of a decade or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 34d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 44% | SIX | 3 | Half of a dozen or the next number in a New Year's countdown |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's countdown |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's countdown! |
| 42% | TWO | 3 | Pair count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 45d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 42% | THREE | 5 | Trio number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 37d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 42% | FOUR | 4 | Beatles count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 35d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 41% | SEVEN | 5 | Oft lucky number or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 18d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 41% | NINE | 4 | Cat lives count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 3d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | End of a New Year's countdown! Happy New Year! |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Number starting a countdown, on New Year's Eve |
| 40% | EIGHT | 5 | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 36% | EGOBOOST | 8 | Result of flattery ... or a phrase describing the rising part of 24 Across |
| 36% | YOUR | 4 | (2/3) Part of a parent's warning that may come after one says 10a, 36a, 43a, 58a, 7d and 22d |
| 35% | DEC | 3 | Short form of New Year's Eve month |
| 35% | IDAHO | 5 | State with a New Year's Eve Potato Drop |
| 34% | DOWN | 4 | Word with 5a to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 34% | COUNT | 5 | Word with 4d to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 34% | AULD | 4 | Word in a traditional New Year's Eve song |
| 34% | FIN | 3 | Part of a fish or dolphin's body |
| 33% | EVE | 3 | New Year's ___ (final day of the year) |
| 32% | APSCORE | 7 | H.S. student's test result, on a scale of 1 to 5 |
| 32% | BALL | 4 | ___ drop (Times Square event every New Year's Eve) |
| 32% | LABOR | 5 | Parts and ___ (components of a repair shop's bill) |
| 32% | AVOW | 4 | Take ___ of celibacy (make a priest's promise): 2 wds. |