| 100% | EASEL | 5 | Stand in an atelier |
| 100% | ELMS | 4 | Trees in an O'Neill title |
| 95% | PEAR | 4 | Tree in a Christmas carol |
| 95% | PEAR | 4 | Tree in a Christmas song |
| 93% | FIRS | 4 | Trees in a Christmas tree lot |
| 92% | PEAR | 4 | Tree in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 91% | CAT | 3 | Player in an indoor tree |
| 90% | PEAR | 4 | Fruit tree in a Christmas carol |
| 90% | SIRE | 4 | Entry in an equine family tree |
| 85% | PEAR | 4 | Kind of tree in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 85% | PEAR | 4 | Partridge's tree, in a Christmas song |
| 85% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Christmas bird found in a pear tree |
| 85% | PEAR | 4 | Partridge's tree, in a Christmas carol |
| 84% | ACORN | 5 | An oak tree, in a nutshell? |
| 83% | PEAR | 4 | Tree for a partridge, in a Christmas song |
| 83% | FIR | 3 | Coniferous tree used in Christmas celebrations |
| 83% | LEAF | 4 | Tree debris in an autumn pile |
| 82% | SANDY | 5 | 16-Across' squirrel friend who lives in an underwater tree dome |
| 82% | FIR | 3 | An evergreen tree that is a fixture during Christmas |
| 80% | PINENUT | 7 | Tree seed that's an ingredient in pesto: 2 wds. |
| 80% | AERIE | 5 | Nest of an eagle high in a tree |
| 79% | GOALLINESTAND | 13 | Tree holder, in an indoor football game? |
| 79% | PEAR | 4 | A partridge's tree in a Christmas song, or a distinctively shaped fruit |
| 78% | PEAR | 4 | Compote fruit whose tree is in a Christmas carol |
| 78% | PEAR | 4 | "... partridge in a ___ tree" ("Twelve Days of Christmas" lyric) |
| 78% | LEG | 3 | Shape of an iconic lamp in "A Christmas Story" |
| 77% | PEAR | 4 | Type of tree for a partridge, in a Christmas carol |
| 77% | PEAR | 4 | Type of tree for a partridge, in a Christmas song |
| 75% | PEARS | 5 | Fruits in a partridge's tree, according to a Christmas song |
| 75% | PEAR | 4 | Fruit of a tree mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |